Editing Communication and Social Networks (Spring 2022) (section)

== Week 7: Social Capital, structural holes, and weak ties ==


February 22

'''Assignment Due:''' 
* R Lab 5 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_7/aesthetics.Rmd Aesthetics in ggraph]
* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]]

'''Lecture Video:'''
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/459167/viewContent/8162337/View Capital and Social Capital] [16:02] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_7/lecture/social_capital.html Slides]]

'''Readings:''' 
* Granovetter, M. S. (1973). [https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/stable/2776392?sid=primo&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents The Strength of Weak Ties]. American Journal of Sociology, 78(6), 1360–1380. https://doi.org/10.1086/225469
* Kadushin, C. (2012).  [https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/purdue/reader.action?docID=829477&ppg=175 Networks as Social Capital], in Kadushin, C. (2012). Understanding Social Networks. Theories, Concepts and Findings. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
* Putnam, R.D. (1995). [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/16643 Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital]. Journal of Democracy 6(1), 65-78.
* (Optional) Bourdieu, P. (1986). [https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/fr/bourdieu-forms-capital.htm The forms of capital]. In J. Richardson (Ed.) Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education (New York, Greenwood), 241-258.
* (Optional) Rainie, L. and Perrin, A. (2019). [https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/22/key-findings-about-americans-declining-trust-in-government-and-each-other/ Key findings about Americans’ declining trust in government and each other]. Pew Research Center.
* (Optional) Burt, R. S. (2000). [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191308500220091 The network structure of social capital]. Research in Organizational Behavior, 22, 345–423.


February 24

'''Class Schedule:'''
* R Lab 6 - [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2022/week_8/power_visualization.Rmd Visualizing Power]