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Sociology and the Internet, Social Media, and Mobile Social Software

April 19 -21, 2010 – Conference: eComm 2010: Emerging Communications

September 1st, 2010 · No Comments

I spoke at the eComm 2010 conference on April 20, 2010, talking about: Mapping mobile social networks with NodeXL: finding key users, groups, and locations The video is now available: The video reviews the creation of maps like this: That illustrate the connections among people who tweet the term “#ecomm2010″, scaled by the number of [...]

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Tags: Conference · Industry · Mobile Devices · Mobile Social Software · Talks

30 April 2010, Friday – Workshop: Social Media Network Analysis: Next Practices in Social Network Analysis, Tools and Media

April 26th, 2010 · No Comments

I will present a workshop on social media network analysis at the next Network Singularity event at Fort Mason on the Bay in San Francisco on April 30, 2010. Bay Area and Silicon Valley Network: Special Action/Research Event Social Media Network Analysis: Next Practices in Social Network Analysis, Tools and Media Friday 30 April 2010 8:00am -5:00pm [...]

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Tags: Connected Action · Measuring social media · NodeXL · Social Media · Social Network Analysis · Social Roles · Sociology · Visualization

2009 Sociological Association Meetings – Internet Sociologists Meet (CITASA @ ASA09)

September 12th, 2009 · No Comments

@      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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Tags: Collective Action · Community · Conference · Papers · Research · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social Roles · Social network · Sociology · Talks

Slides and Video from Web 2.0 Expo – Beyond Buzz

April 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Kate Niederhoffer and I presented a combined view of social media from the perspectives of social psychology and sociology.  Kate applies a linguistic background to analyze the content of social media while I bring social network analysis to bear on the structures created by connections created by links and replies. Beyond Buzz – Web 2.0 [...]

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Tags: Collective Action · Common Goods · Community · Conference · Measuring social media · Metrics · NodeXL · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social Roles · Social network · Sociology · Talks · Visualization

Conference: Web 2.0 in San Francisco – “Beyond Buzz: On Measuring a Conversation” with Kate Niederhoffer

March 25th, 2009 · No Comments

I will be speaking with Kate Niederhoffer from Dachis at Web 2.0 Expo Wednesday, April 1st at 10.50 in San Francisco.  We will be speaking about: Beyond Buzz: On Measuring a Conversation http://www.web2expo.com/webexsf2009/public/schedule/detail/6273 What is the most meaningful way to understand and measure a dialogue? As marketing transforms from a broadcast model to a conversational [...]

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Tags: Conference · Measuring social media · Metrics · Social Media · Social Roles · Sociology