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

Slides: NodeXL overview: social media network analysis

December 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Here is a recent slidedeck that provides an overview of NodeXL and social media network analysis.
2009 December NodeXL Overview
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The deck illustrates the use of NodeXL to extract several social media networks from systems like twitter and facebook to generate maps of communities and identify people and objects in key locations.

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Tags: Collective Action · Connected Action · Data Mining · NodeXL · Research · Social Media · Social network · Twitter · Visualization

SLIDES: Updated NodeXL slides with version 84 interface elements

May 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Here is an updated version of the introduction to NodeXL slide deck.
2009 – Node XL v.84+ – Social Media Network Visualization Tools For Excel 2007 
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The slides will continue to update as we change the user interface and add new features to NodeXL.

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Tags: Community · Measuring social media · NodeXL · Social Media · Social network · Visualization

Slides: Autobiography, Mobile Social Life-Logging and the Transition from Ephemeral to Archival Society

May 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy

Here is the slide deck I presented at the “Studying Society In A Digital World” conference at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University.  They just posted most of the conference slides.  I took some pictures and posted to flickr.  Here is the slide deck I presented along [...]

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Tags: Collective Action · Community · Location · Measuring social media · Medical sensors · Metrics · Mobile Devices · Mobile Social Software · Research · Sensors · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social Roles · Social network · Sociology · Talks · Technology

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 Expo [...]

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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 · Telligent · Visualization