Welcome!

June 23, 2010

Introduction
Jim Moody, jmoody77@soc.duke.edu

Visual representations of social networks are integral to our field (Freeman, 2000).  This has been true for graph theory since Euler’s (1741) first puzzling over an efficient route over the seven bridges of Konigsberg, and Moreno was certainly clear about his goal of making the invisible fabric of social life visible (see his 1933  interview in the NY Times, for example).  Since then, we have seen images of “social atoms” depicting the star-like character of leading families in small towns, many images of connections among youth, links between nations’ trade volume, or ties among the power elite, to mention just a sprinkling of the total (see Freeman, 2000 for citations and review). Read the rest of this entry »

Bi-partitie network

June 23, 2010

Visualizing positive and negative endorsements of S.1782 (2007)

Skye Bender-de Moll
skyebend@skyeome.net

BibSonomy AnatomyBibSonomy anatomy
Katy Borner and Nianli Ma
katy@indiana.edu

Personal networks

June 23, 2010

Migrant network role graphUnderstanding the composition of an ensemble of personal networks
Ulrik Brandes, Jürgen Lerner, Miranda J. Lubbers, Christopher McCarthy,  José Luis Molina, and Uwe  Nagel
Ulrik.Brandes@uni-konstanz.de


Lobbying coalitions

June 23, 2010

The evolution of FCC lobbying coalitions: Co-filing behavior in FCC Docket 01-92 on Inter-Carrier Compensation
Pierre de Vries
pierredv@hotmail.com

Dolars or links?Dollars or links?
Graham Durant-Law
graham@durantlaw.info

Friendwheel layout of a Facebook networkFriendwheel layout of a Facebook network
Bernie Hogan
bernie.hogan@gmail.com

Globalization

June 23, 2010

Mapping globalization: Visualizing the network of global tradeMapping globalization: Visualizing the network of global trade
Manish Nag
mnag@Princeton.edu

Ties within and between the 6 regularly equivalent positions in the trade of agricultural products
Carl Nordlund
carl.nordlund@hek.lu.se


Shared topics

June 23, 2010

US news outlets network of shared topicsNews ties: A study of media-level agenda-setting
Katherine Ognyanova
ognyanova@usc.edu

Biannual ratings of state edicational systems 2000-2006Bi-annual ratings of state higher education systems 2000-2006
Fabio Guillermo Rojas and Amia Foston
frojas@indiana.edu

Shared conditions

June 23, 2010

Radial Tree Diagram (RTD) of insomnia
Philip Topham ptopham@lnxresearch.com