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Studying Online Social Networks

Garton, Laura, Haythornthwaite, Caroline, Wellman, Barry·2006·Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
DOI 10.1111/j.1083-6101.1997.tb00062.x
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When a computer network connects people or organizations, it is a social network. Yet the study of such computer-supported social networks has not received as much attention as studies of human-computer interaction, online person-to-person interaction, and computer-supported communication within small groups. We argue the usefulness of a social network approach for the study of computer-mediated communication. We review some basic concepts of social network analysis, describe how to collect and analyze social network data, and demonstrate where social network data can be, and have been, used to study computer-mediated communication. Throughout, we show the utility of the social network approach for studying computer-mediated communication, be it in computer-supported cooperative work, in virtual community, or in more diffuse interactions over less bounded systems such as the Internet.

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Authors
Garton, L., Haythornthwaite, C., & Wellman, B.
Venue
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2006-06-23
Volume
3
Issue
1
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0-0
ISSN
1083-6101 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1111/j.1083-6101.1997.tb00062.x
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1,103
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en
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closed
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