| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 659 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Oxford handbooks |
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Oxford handbooks online.
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| Contents |
Cover -- The Oxford Handbook of NETWORKED COMMUNICATION -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the contributors -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1: Communication in the networked age -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Bridging academic siloes -- 3. The theoretical relevance of new methods -- 4. Genealogy of the handbook and roadmap -- References -- Part I: NETWORKS AND INFORMATION FLOW -- Chapter 2: Networks and information flow: The Second Golden Age -- 1. Small worlds -- 2. Big data -- 3. Complicated contagion -- 4. Big data risks -- 5. Conclusion -- References |
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Chapter 3: Rebooting mass communication: Using Computational and Network Tools to Rebuild Media Theory -- 1. The end of mass communication? -- 2. In defense of mass communication -- 3. New approaches to media studies -- 4. Network science and the media system -- 5. A network model of agenda setting -- 5.1 Actors in the Network -- 5.2 Relationship Typology -- 5.2.1 Issue Adoption Ties -- 5.2.2 Media Use Ties -- 5.2.3 Interorganizational Ties -- 5.2.4 Social Ties -- 5.2.5 Concept Association Ties -- 5.3 Link Direction and Agency -- 5.4 Individual and Dyadic Attributes -- 5.5 Network Mechanisms |
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5.6 Reducing Complexity in the Network Model -- 6. Challenges and the road ahead -- References -- Chapter 4: Propagation phenomena in social media -- 1. Introduction -- 2. User influence -- 2.1 The Million Follower Fallacy -- 2.2 User Types -- 2.3 Trendsetters -- 3. Propagation patterns -- 3.1 Word of Mouth -- 3.2 Social Conventions -- 4. Propagation applications -- 4.1 Topical Experts -- 4.2 Information Diet -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Dynamical processes in time-varying networks -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Time-varying networks -- 2.1 Representations -- 2.2 Properties |
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2.2.1 Time-Respecting Path -- 2.2.2 Connectivity and Latency -- 2.2.3 Burstiness -- 2.2.4 Memory -- 2.3 Activity-Driven Networks -- 3. Dynamical processes on activity-driven networks -- 3.1 Random Walks -- 3.2 Epidemic Spreading -- 3.3 Rumor Spreading -- 4. Discussion -- References -- Chapter 6: Partition-specific network analysis of digital trace data: Research Questions and Tools -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Social network theory and social network analysis -- 3. Homophily, communication, and SNA -- 4. Beyond SNA as usual: Three research questions -- 5. Tools, data, and results |
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5.1 Partitioning the Network -- 5.2 How Do Different Subgraphs in a Partitioned Network Relate to One Another? -- 5.3 Which Nodes Are Heavily Connected to Distinct Subgraphs? -- 5.4 How Do Subgraphs Change over Time? -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II: COMMUNICATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS -- Chapter 7: How can computational social science motivate the development of theories, data, and methods to advance our understanding of communicational dynamics? -- 1. Can computational social science motivate the development of theories of communication and organizational dynamics? |
| Summary |
Communication technologies, including the internet, social media, and countless online applications create the infrastructure and interface through which many of our interactions take place today. This form of networked communication creates new questions about how we establish relationships, engage in public, build a sense of identity, and delimit the private domain. The ubiquitous adoption of new technologies has also produced, as a byproduct, new ways of observing the world: many of our interactions now leave a digital trail that, if followed, can help us unravel the rhythms of social life and the complexity of the world we inhabit-and thus help us reconstruct the logic of social order and change.0The analysis of digital data requires partnerships across disciplinary boundaries that-although on the rise-are still uncommon. Social scientists and computer scientists have never been closer in their goals of trying to understand communication dynamics, but there are not many venues where they can engage in an open exchange of methods and theoretical insights. This handbook brings together scholars across the social and technological sciences to lay the foundations of communication research in the networked age, and to provide a canon of how research should be conducted in the digital era. The contributors highlight the main theories currently guiding their research in digital communication, and discuss state-of-the-art methodological tools, including automated text analysis, the analysis of networks, and the use of natural experiments in virtual environments. Following a general introduction, the handbook covers network and information flow, communication and organizational dynamics, interactions and social capital, mobility and space, political communication and behavior, and the ethics of digital research |
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Series from book jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Digital media -- Social aspects
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Online social networks.
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Digital media -- Social aspects
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Online social networks
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Welles, Brooke Foucault, editor.
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González-Bailón, Sandra, 1977- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780190908430 |
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0190908432 |
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9780190460525 |
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0190460520 |
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9780190460532 |
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0190460539 |
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