Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek

by Wouter de Nooy , Andrej Mrvar , Vladimir Batagelj

• ISBN13: 9780521602624
• ISBN10: 0521602629
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-10
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This is the first textbook on social network analysis integrating theory, applications, and professional software for performing network analysis (Pajek). Step by step, the book introduces the main structural concepts and their applications in social research with exercises to test the understanding. An application section explaining how to perform the network analyses with Pajek software follows each theoretical section. Pajek software and datasets for all examples are freely available, so the reader can learn network analysis by doing it. In addition, each chapter offers case studies for practising network analysis. In the end, the reader has the knowledge, skills, and tools to apply social network analysis in all social sciences, ranging from anthropology and sociology to business administration and history.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xv
List of Tables	xxi
Preface	xxiii
Overview	xxiii
Justification	xxv
Acknowledgments	xxvii
Part I -- Fundamentals	1	(58)
Looking for Social Structure	3	(26)
Introduction	3	(1)
Sociometry and Sociogram	3	(2)
Exploratory Social Network Analysis	5	(16)
Network Definition	6	(4)
Manipulation	10	(2)
Calculation	12	(2)
Visualization	14	(7)
Assembling a Social Network	21	(3)
Summary	24	(1)
Questions	25	(1)
Assignment	26	(1)
Further Reading	26	(1)
Answers	26	(3)
Attributes and Relations	29	(30)
Introduction	29	(1)
Example: The World System	29	(2)
Partitions	31	(5)
Reduction of a Network	36	(7)
Local View	36	(3)
Global View	39	(2)
Contextual View	41	(2)
Vectors and Coordinates	43	(5)
Network Analysis and Statistics	48	(3)
Summary	51	(1)
Questions	52	(1)
Assignment	53	(1)
Further Reading	53	(1)
Answers	54	(5)
Part II -- Cohesion	59	(62)
Cohesive Subgroups	61	(23)
Introduction	61	(1)
Example	61	(1)
Density and Degree	62	(4)
Components	66	(4)
Cores	70	(3)
Cliques and Complete Subnetworks	73	(4)
Summary	77	(2)
Questions	79	(2)
Assignment	81	(1)
Further Reading	82	(1)
Answers	82	(2)
Sentiments and Friendship	84	(17)
Introduction	84	(1)
Balance Theory	84	(3)
Example	87	(1)
Detecting Structural Balance and Clusterability	88	(4)
Development in Time	92	(3)
Summary	95	(1)
Questions	96	(1)
Assignment	97	(1)
Further Reading	98	(1)
Answers	98	(3)
Affiliations	101	(20)
Introduction	101	(1)
Example	102	(1)
Two-Mode and One-Mode Networks	103	(6)
m-Slices	109	(4)
The Third Dimension	113	(3)
Summary	116	(1)
Questions	117	(1)
Assignment	118	(1)
Further Reading	118	(1)
Answers	119	(2)
Part III -- Brokerage	121	(64)
Center and Periphery	123	(15)
Introduction	123	(1)
Example	123	(2)
Distance	125	(6)
Betweenness	131	(2)
Summary	133	(1)
Questions	134	(1)
Assignment	134	(1)
Further Reading	135	(1)
Answers	135	(3)
Brokers and Bridges	138	(23)
Introduction	138	(1)
Example	138	(2)
Bridges and Bi-Components	140	(4)
Ego-Networks and Constraint	144	(6)
Affiliations and Brokerage Roles	150	(4)
Summary	154	(1)
Questions	155	(1)
Assignment	156	(1)
Further Reading	157	(1)
Answers	158	(3)
Diffusion	161	(24)
Example	161	(2)
Contagion	163	(4)
Exposure and Thresholds	167	(6)
Critical Mass	173	(5)
Summary	178	(1)
Questions	179	(1)
Assignment	180	(1)
Further Reading	181	(1)
Answers	181	(4)
Part IV -- Ranking	185	(72)
Prestige	187	(17)
Introduction	187	(1)
Example	188	(1)
Popularity and Indegree	189	(2)
Correlation	191	(2)
Domains	193	(3)
Proximity Prestige	196	(2)
Summary	198	(1)
Questions	199	(1)
Assignment	200	(1)
Further Reading	201	(1)
Answers	202	(2)
Ranking	204	(22)
Introduction	204	(1)
Example	205	(1)
Triadic Analysis	205	(7)
Acyclic Networks	212	(2)
Symmetric-Acyclic Decomposition	214	(5)
Summary	219	(1)
Questions	220	(2)
Assignment	222	(1)
Further Reading	222	(1)
Answers	223	(3)
Genealogies and Citations	226	(31)
Introduction	226	(1)
Example I: Genealogy of the Ragusan Nobility	226	(1)
Family Trees	227	(6)
Social Research on Genealogies	233	(9)
Example II: Citations among Papers on Network Centrality	242	(1)
Citations	243	(7)
Summary	250	(1)
Questions	251	(1)
Assignment 1	252	(1)
Assignment 2	252	(1)
Further Reading	252	(1)
Answers	253	(4)
Part V -- Roles	257	(35)
Blockmodels	259	(33)
Introduction	259	(1)
Matrices and Permutation	259	(6)
Roles and Positions: Equivalence	265	(8)
Blockmodeling	273	(11)
Blockmodel	273	(1)
Blockmodeling	274	(6)
Regular Equivalence	280	(4)
Summary	284	(1)
Questions	285	(2)
Assignment	287	(1)
Further Reading	288	(1)
Answers	288	(4)
Appendix 1 -- Getting Started with Pajek	292	(11)
Installation	292	(1)
Network Data Formats	292	(2)
Creating Network Files for Pajek	294	(8)
Within Pajek	294	(1)
Word Processor	295	(3)
Relational Database	298	(4)
Limitations	302	(1)
Updates of Pajek	302	(1)
Appendix 2 -- Exporting Visualizations	303	(11)
Export Formats	303	(5)
Bitmap	303	(1)
Encapsulated PostScript	303	(2)
Scalable Vector Graphics	305	(1)
Virtual Reality Modeling Language	306	(1)
MDL MOL and Kinemages	307	(1)
Layout Options	308	(6)
Top Frame on the Left -- EPS/SVG Vertex Default	309	(1)
Bottom Frame on the Left -- EPS/SVG Line Default	310	(1)
Top Frame on the Right	311	(1)
Middle Frame on the Right	312	(1)
Bottom Frame on the Right -- SVG Default	312	(2)
Appendix 3 -- Shortcut Key Combinations	314	(3)
Main Screen	314	(1)
Hierarchy Edit Screen	314	(1)
Draw Screen	315	(2)
Glossary	317	(10)
Index of Pajek Commands	327	(3)
Subject Index	330