Connected Action

Network graphs are appearing in a number of places.  Recently, slate.com published a tool that maps the links between entities in the day’s news. “To use this interactive tool, just click on a circle to see which stories mention that topic and which other topics it connects to in the network. You can use the [...]

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This weekend is the Social Computing 2009 conference in Vancouver, B.C.  It is a gathering of many people doing research on social media useage.  Many papers are about tagging systems, blogs, wikis, message boards, and social networking services. Along with several co-authors, I contributed to three papers in this year’s conference: First Steps to Netviz [...]

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@      The 2009 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting was held in San Francisco, California, August 8-11. The ASA attracts thousands of sociologists, a subsection of whom have  a passion for the study of the Internet and its many forms of social impacts and uses.  The Communications and Information Technology Section of the American Sociological Association [...]

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On August 7, 2009 at the American Sociological Association Group Processes meeting, a memorial for Professor Peter Kollock was held.  Several of Peter’s colleagues were in attendance and spoke about Peter’s life and work.  (Further below are some details about a conference call held on September 14th that focused on Peter’s work and impact.) Dr. [...]

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On August 5th and 6th I led a workshop with Martha Russell on social network analysis of social media as part of the Stanford Media X Summer Institute on New Metrics for New Media: Analytics for Social Media and Virtual Worlds this Summer. New Metrics for New Media:  Analytics for Social Media and Virtual Worlds Organizers:  Martha [...]

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The Catalyst Conference was July 27-31 in San Diego which gathered many people to discuss new technologies for enterprise computing. On Wednesday, July 29 at 11:15 a.m. I gave a presentation about the use of social network analysis within the enterprise. 2009 – Social Media Analystics Research and ToolsView more presentations from Marc Smith. Session Details: Social [...]

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