SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS

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About This Book

The third edition of this bestselling text has been fully revised and updated to include coverage of the many developments in social network analysis (SNA) over the last decade. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book introduces these topics to newcomers and non-specialists and gives sufficient detail for more advanced users of SNA. Throughout the book, key ideas are discussed in relation to the principal software programs available for SNA ; The book provides a comprehensive overview of the field, outlining both its theoretical basis and its key techniques. Drawing from the core ideas of points, lines and paths, John Scott builds a framework of network analysis that covers such measures as density, centrality, clustering, centralisation and spatialisation. He identifies the various types of clique, component and circle into which networks are formed, and he outlines an…