Editing Designing Internet Research (Winter 2020) (section)

=== Week 3: Tuesday January 21: (I) Network Analysis and (II) Hyperlink Networks ===
==== Part I: Network Analysis ====

'''Required Readings:'''

* Lazer, David. 2018. “Networks and Information Flow.” The Oxford Handbook of Networked Communication, April. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190460518.013.2. ''[[https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190460518.013.2 Available through UW libraries]]''
* Garton, Laura, Caroline Haythornthwaite, and Barry Wellman. 1997. “Studying Online Social Networks.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 3 (1): 0–0. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.1997.tb00062.x. ''[[https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.1997.tb00062.x Available free online]]''
* Mislove, Alan, Massimiliano Marcon, Krishna P. Gummadi, Peter Druschel, and Bobby Bhattacharjee. 2007. “Measurement and Analysis of Online Social Networks.” In Proceedings of the 7th ACM SIGCOMM Conference on Internet Measurement, 29–42. IMC ’07. New York, NY, USA: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/1298306.1298311. ''[[https://doi.org/10.1145/1298306.1298311 vailable through UW Libraries]''
* Shumate, Michelle, and Edward T. Palazzolo. 2010. “Exponential Random Graph (P*) Models as a Method for Social Network Analysis in Communication Research.” Communication Methods and Measures 4 (4): 341–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2010.527869. ''[[https://canvas.uw.edu/files/61256165/download?download_frd=1 Available through Canvas]]''
* Foucault Welles, Brooke, Anthony Vashevko, Nick Bennett, and Noshir Contractor. 2014. “Dynamic Models of Communication in an Online Friendship Network.” Communication Methods and Measures 8 (4): 223–43. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2014.967843. ''[[https://canvas.uw.edu/files/61256283/download?download_frd=1 Available through Canvas]]''
* Freelon, Deen. 2018. “Partition-Specific Network Analysis of Digital Trace Data.” The Oxford Handbook of Networked Communication, April. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190460518.013.3. ''[[https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190460518.013.3 Available through UW libraries]]''

'''Optional Readings:'''

* Wellman, Barry. 2016. “Challenges in Collecting Personal Network Data: The Nature of Personal Network Analysis - Barry Wellman, 2007.” Field Methods, July. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1525822X06299133. ''[[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1525822X06299133 Available through UW libraries]]''
* Yang, Jaewon, and Jure Leskovec. 2015. “Defining and Evaluating Network Communities Based on Ground-Truth.” Knowledge and Information Systems 42 (1): 181–213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10115-013-0693-z. ''[[https://canvas.uw.edu/files/61256357/download?download_frd=1 Available through Canvas]]''
* Centola, Damon. 2010. “The Spread of Behavior in an Online Social Network Experiment.” Science 329 (5996): 1194–97. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1185231.  ''[[https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1185231 Available through UW Libraries]]'
* '''[Example]''' Jackson, Sarah J., and Brooke Foucault Welles. 2015. “Hijacking #myNYPD: Social Media Dissent and Networked Counterpublics.” Journal of Communication 65 (6): 932–52. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcom.12185. ''[[https://doi.org/10.1111/jcom.12185 Available through UW Libraries]]'

'''Network datasets:'''

* [https://snap.stanford.edu/data/ Stanford Large Network Dataset Collection] which contains a variety of network datasets. Many, but certainly not all, are social networks.

==== Part II: Hyperlink Networks ====

* Park, Han Woo. 2003. “Hyperlink Network Analysis: A New Method for the Study of Social Structure on the Web.” Connections 25 (1): 49–61. ''[[https://canvas.uw.edu/files/61256175/download?download_frd=1 Available through Canvas]]''
* González-Bailón, Sandra. 2009. “Opening the Black Box of Link Formation: Social Factors Underlying the Structure of the Web.” Social Networks 31 (4): 271–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2009.07.003. ''[[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2009.07.003 Available through UW libraries]]''
* '''[Example]''' Elgin, Dallas J. 2015. “Utilizing Hyperlink Network Analysis to Examine Climate Change Supporters and Opponents.” Review of Policy Research 32 (2): 226–45. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12118. ''[[https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12118 Available through UW libraries]]''

'''Optional readings:'''

* Jackson, Michele H. 1997. “Assessing the Structure of Communication on the World Wide Web.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 3 (1). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.1997.tb00063.x. ''[[https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.1997.tb00063.x Available free online]]''
* Ackland, Robert. 2016. “WWW Hyperlink Networks.” Lecture Slides presented at the SOCR8006 Online Research Methods, Canberra, Australia. http://vosonlab.net/papers/ACSPRISummer2017/Lecture_Hyperlink_Networks.pdf. ''[[http://vosonlab.net/papers/ACSPRISummer2017/Lecture_Hyperlink_Networks.pdf Available free online]]''
* Lusher, Dean, and Robert Ackland. 2011. “A Relational Hyperlink Analysis of an Online Social Movement.” Journal of Social Software 12 (5). https://www.cmu.edu/joss/content/articles/volume12/Lusher/. ''[[https://www.cmu.edu/joss/content/articles/volume12/Lusher/ Available free online]]''
* '''[Example]''' Shumate, Michelle, and Lori Dewitt. 2008. “The North/South Divide in NGO Hyperlink Networks.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 13 (2): 405–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.00402.x. ''[[https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.00402.x Available free online]]''

'''Tools for collecting hyperlink network data:'''

* [http://www.govcom.org/Issuecrawler_instructions.htm Issue Crawler] — network mapping software by the Govcom.org Foundation, Amsterdam in a group run by Richard Rogers
* [http://vosonlab.net/VOSON Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks (VOSON)] — "web-based software incorporating web mining, data visualisation, and traditional empirical social science methods (e.g. social network analysis, SNA). Text analysis, dataset manipulation and visualisation, and social network analysis (SNA) are available within an integrated environment."