Why Context Matters Applications of Social Network Analysis /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Friemel, Thomas N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2008.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Sociology.; Communication.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Communication Studies.

Many elements of our society are embedded in network structures in which actors depend on each other as well as the structural context of their actions. This is reflected by the wide use of concepts and terms of social network analysis, such as the concept of the small world, the strength of weak ti...