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{{Old Class}}
= Course Information =
= Course Information =
:'''COM 411: Communication and Social Networks'''
:'''COM 411: Communication and Social Networks'''
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== Discussion Questions ==
== Discussion Questions ==


In order to make sure that we are prepared to have a productive discussion, you are required to submit one or two discussion questions that you think would be interesting to discuss on Monday by noon. Post your questions on the shared Google Doc at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AK4MhWLVwDuxqvTwLomN7hu4aLpo59n5qXgEap8SBNc/edit?usp=sharing; try to group similar questions together.
In order to make sure that we are prepared to have a productive discussion, you are required to submit one or two discussion questions that you think would be interesting to discuss on Monday by noon. Post your questions on the Etherpad at https://etherpad.communitydata.science/p/com-411-comm-networks; try to group similar questions together.


Questions should engage with the readings and either connect to other concepts or to the "real world". Here are some good example questions:
Questions should engage with the readings and either connect to other concepts or to the "real world". Here are some good example questions:
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== Exams ==
== Exams ==


There will be one take home exam. It will assess your understanding of core communication and social networks concepts.
There will be one in-class exam. It will assess your understanding of core communication and social networks concepts.


== Final Project ==
== Final Project ==


Students will work on a [[/Final project|Final Project]] that explains how network analysis and a network approach can benefit an organization.
Students will work on a [[Communication_and_Social_Networks_(Spring_2020)/Final project|Final Project]] that explains how network analysis and a network approach can benefit an organization.


A number of intermediate assignments through the semester will help you to gain the skills and data necessary to be successful.
A number of intermediate assignments through the semester will help you to gain the skills and data necessary to be successful.
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* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]] (Due Monday at noon!)
* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]] (Due Monday at noon!)


'''Lecture Video (before class):'''
'''Lecture Video:'''
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819548/View Network Data and Network Types Lecture] [19:18]
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819548/View Network Data and Network Types Lecture] [9:46]


'''Readings (before class):'''  
'''Readings (before class):'''  
* James M. Cook, [http://www.umasocialmedia.com/socialnetworks/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/WhatIsASocialNetwork.pdf What is a Social Network?]
* James M. Cook, [http://www.umasocialmedia.com/socialnetworks/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/WhatIsASocialNetwork.pdf What is a Social Network?]
* James M. Cook, [http://www.umasocialmedia.com/socialnetworks/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IndividualsVersusNetworks.pdf Individuals versus Networks]
* Freeman, L. C. (2000). [https://www.cmu.edu/joss/content/articles/volume1/Freeman.html Visualizing social networks]. Journal of social structure, 1(1), 4.
* (Optional/skim) Freeman, L. C. (2000). [https://www.cmu.edu/joss/content/articles/volume1/Freeman.html Visualizing social networks]. Journal of social structure, 1(1), 4.
* Go through [https://ncase.me/polygons/ Parable of the Polygons] by Nicky Case
 


'''Concepts:'''
'''Concepts:'''
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'''Class Schedule:'''
'''Class Schedule:'''
* Go through [https://ncase.me/polygons/ Parable of the Polygons] by Nicky Case
* Start work on [[/R Lab 1|R Lab 1]]
* Start work on [[/R Lab 1|R Lab 1]]


== Week 3: How are communication networks formed? ==
== Week 3: How are communication networks formed? ==
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'''Assignment Due (on Monday):'''
'''Assignment Due (on Monday):'''
* [[/R Lab 1|R Lab 1]]
* [[/R Lab 1|R Lab 1]]
** [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/7337413/View Video explanation]
* [[#Discussion_Questions|Discussion Questions]]
* [[#Discussion_Questions|Discussion Questions]]


'''Lecture Video:'''
'''Lecture Video:'''
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819550/View Edge Creation] [12:43] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_3/lecture/tie_formation.html Slides]]
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819550/View Edge Creation][12:43]


'''Readings:'''  
'''Readings:'''  
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* Reciprocity
* Reciprocity
* Triadic closure
* Triadic closure
* [https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_3/lecture/week_3.html Class Slides]




September 9
September 9
'''Supplementary R lectures (watch before class):'''
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819552/View Why R + Programming principles lecture] [12:53]
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819553/View ggraph explanation video] [12:14]
** [https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_6/ggraph_walkthrough.html webpage for ggraph explanation video]


'''Class Schedule:'''
'''Class Schedule:'''
* [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/fall-2021/week_4/creating_networks.Rmd R Lab 2]
* [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2021/week_4/creating_networks.Rmd R Lab 2]


== Week 4: Small group networks ==
== Week 4: Small group networks ==
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'''Assignment Due:'''
'''Assignment Due:'''
* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]]
* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]]
* [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/fall-2021/week_4/creating_networks.Rmd R Lab 2] (right-click, save to your computer, and open in RStudio)
* [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2021/week_4/creating_networks.Rmd R Lab 2] (right-click, save to your computer, and open in RStudio)
** [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819549/View Homework explanation video]
** [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819549/View Homework explanation video]


'''Lecture video:'''
'''Supplementary R lectures:'''
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/7373077/View Networks in small groups] [14:43] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_4/lecture/small_groups.html Slides]]
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819552/View Why R + Programming principles lecture] [12:53]
 
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819553/View ggraph explanation video] [12:14]
** [https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_6/ggraph_walkthrough.html webpage for ggraph explanation video]


'''Readings:'''  
'''Readings:'''  
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'''Lecture:'''
'''Lecture:'''
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819551/View Ego networks and network perceptions lecture] [17:14] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_5/lecture/ego_nets.html Slides]]
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819551/View Ego networks and network perceptions lecture] [17:14]


'''Readings:'''
'''Readings:'''
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'''Class Schedule:'''
'''Class Schedule:'''
* [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/fall-2021/week_6/power_visualization.Rmd R Lab 3]
* [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2021/week_6/power_visualization.Rmd R Lab 3]


== Week 6: Power, centrality, and hierarchy ==
== Week 6: Power, centrality, and hierarchy ==
Due to Dr. Foote's illness, Sept. 28 discussion moved to Sept. 30


September 28
September 28


'''Assignment Due:'''  
'''Assignment Due:'''  
* [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/fall-2021/week_6/power_visualization.Rmd R Lab 3] (Right-click, save, open in RStudio, and knit)
* [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2021/week_6/power_visualization.Rmd R Lab 3] (Right-click, save, open in RStudio, and knit)
** [https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_6/ggraph_walkthrough.html Introduction to tidygraph and ggraph]. Now that you've been at it for a while review this walkthrough that I wrote to help you to figure out how all of the different pieces work in tidygraph and ggraph.
* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]]
* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]]
'''Video lecture:'''
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/7413870/View Centrality measures] [18:44] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_6/lecture/centrality.html Slides]]


'''Readings:'''  
'''Readings:'''  
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'''Class Schedule:'''
'''Class Schedule:'''
* Troubled Lands activity


== Week 7: Social Capital, structural holes, and weak ties ==
== Week 7: Social Capital, structural holes, and weak ties ==
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'''Assignment Due:'''  
'''Assignment Due:'''  
* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]]
* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]]
'''Lecture Video:'''
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819554/View Capital and Social Capital] [16:02] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_7/lecture/social_capital.html Slides]]


'''Readings:'''  
'''Readings:'''  
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819554/View Capital and Social Capital] [16:02]
* 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
* 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.
* 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.
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'''Class Schedule:'''
'''Class Schedule:'''
* R Review
 
** Go through the [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/fall-2021/resources/tidygraph_tutorial.Rmd Tidygraph Tutorial] in groups


== Week 8: Small worlds  ==
== Week 8: Small worlds  ==
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* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]] - Just one question this week
* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]] - Just one question this week


'''Lecture Video:'''
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819555/View Small worlds video] [18:45] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_8/lecture/small_worlds.html Slides]]


'''Readings:'''  
'''Readings:'''  
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcxZSmzPw8k The Science of Six Degrees of Separation][video][9:22]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcxZSmzPw8k The Science of Six Degrees of Separation]
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/6819555/View Small worlds video] [18:45]
* Travers, J. and Milgram, S. (1969). [https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/stable/2786545  An experimental study of the small world problem]. ''Sociometry'', 32(4):425-443
* Travers, J. and Milgram, S. (1969). [https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/stable/2786545  An experimental study of the small world problem]. ''Sociometry'', 32(4):425-443
* [https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_6/ggraph_walkthrough.html Introduction to tidygraph and ggraph]. This is a walkthrough that I wrote to help you to figure out how all of the different pieces work in tidygraph and ggraph.
* (Optional but short) Dodds, P. S., Muhamad, R., & Watts, D. J. (2003). [https://science-sciencemag-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/content/301/5634/827 An Experimental Study of Search in Global Social Networks]. ''Science'', 301(5634), 827.
* (Optional but short) Dodds, P. S., Muhamad, R., & Watts, D. J. (2003). [https://science-sciencemag-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/content/301/5634/827 An Experimental Study of Search in Global Social Networks]. ''Science'', 301(5634), 827.




'''Class Schedule:'''
'''Class Schedule:'''


== Week 9: Scale-free networks and the friendship paradox ==
== Week 9: Scale-free networks and the friendship paradox ==
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* [[/Social Search Assignment|Social Search Assignment]]
* [[/Social Search Assignment|Social Search Assignment]]
* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]]
* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]]
'''Lecture Video:'''
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/7524997/View Scale-free networks and the Friendship Paradox][18:21] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_9/lecture/scale_free_and_friend_paradox.html Slides]]


'''Readings:'''  
'''Readings:'''  
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* Christakis, N. A., & Fowler, J. H. (2010). Social Network Sensors for Early Detection of Contagious Outbreaks. PLOS ONE, 5(9), e12948. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012948
* Christakis, N. A., & Fowler, J. H. (2010). Social Network Sensors for Early Detection of Contagious Outbreaks. PLOS ONE, 5(9), e12948. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012948


October 21


'''Class Schedule:'''
'''Class Schedule:'''
* [[/Six Degrees of Wikipedia Activity|Six Degrees of Wikipedia Activity]]




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'''Weekly lecture:'''
'''Weekly lecture:'''
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/7547996/View Social Influence and Contagion][22:12] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_10/lecture/influence_and_diffusion.html Slides]]
 


'''Assignment Due:'''  
'''Assignment Due:'''  
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'''Readings:'''  
'''Readings:'''  
* Chapter 4, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20191019100528/http://everythingisobvious.com/wp-content/themes/eio/assets/EIO_chapter4.pdf Special People]", in Watts, D. J. (2011). Everything is Obvious: Once you know the answer. New York, NY: Crown Business.
* Chapter 4, "[http://everythingisobvious.com/wp-content/themes/eio/assets/EIO_chapter4.pdf Special People]", in Watts, D. J. (2011). Everything is Obvious: Once you know the answer. New York, NY: Crown Business.
* [https://youtu.be/D9XF0QOzWM0 Duncan Watts on Common Sense]
* [https://youtu.be/D9XF0QOzWM0 Duncan Watts on Common Sense]
* [Optional] Centola, D., & Macy, M. (2007). [https://www-journals-uchicago-edu.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/full/10.1086/521848 Complex Contagions and the Weakness of Long Ties]. American Journal of Sociology, 113(3), 702–734.  
* [Optional] Centola, D., & Macy, M. (2007). [https://www-journals-uchicago-edu.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/full/10.1086/521848 Complex Contagions and the Weakness of Long Ties]. American Journal of Sociology, 113(3), 702–734.  
* [Optional] Christakis, N. A., & Fowler, J. H. (2012). [https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/full/10.1002/sim.5408 Social contagion theory: Examining dynamic social networks and human behavior]. Statistics in Medicine, 32, 556–577.
* [Optional] Christakis, N. A., & Fowler, J. H. (2012). [https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/full/10.1002/sim.5408 Social contagion theory: Examining dynamic social networks and human behavior]. Statistics in Medicine, 32, 556–577.


 
'''Other Resources:'''
October 28
* Troubled Lands




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* [[#Discussion Questions|One discussion question]]
* [[#Discussion Questions|One discussion question]]
* Submit two exam questions on Brightspace
* Submit two exam questions on Brightspace
* [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/fall-2021/week_11/groups_in_networks.Rmd Finding and visualizing groups in networks] (Right-click, save, and open in RStudio).  
* [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/spring-2021/week_11/groups_in_networks.Rmd Finding and visualizing groups in networks] (Right-click, save, and open in RStudio).  
 
'''Video Lecture:'''
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/7556414/View Communities and Core-periphery] [23:15] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_11/lecture/communities_in_networks.html Slides]]


'''Readings:'''
'''Readings:'''
* Girvan, M., & Newman, M. E. (2002). [https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/99/12/7821.full.pdf Community structure in social and biological networks]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
* Girvan, M., & Newman, M. E. (2002). [https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/99/12/7821.full.pdf Community structure in social and biological networks]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
* Borgatti, S. P., & Everett, M. G. (2000). [https://libkey.io/libraries/228/articles/6389719/full-text-file?utm_source=api_559 Models of core/periphery structures]. Social Networks.
* Barberá, P., Wang, N., Bonneau, R., Jost, J. T., Nagler, J., Tucker, J., & González-Bailón, S. (2015). [https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0143611 The critical periphery in the growth of social protests]. PLoS ONE.
* Barberá, P., Wang, N., Bonneau, R., Jost, J. T., Nagler, J., Tucker, J., & González-Bailón, S. (2015). [https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0143611 The critical periphery in the growth of social protests]. PLoS ONE.
* (Optional) Hanneman, R. A., & Riddle, M. (2005). [http://faculty.ucr.edu/~hanneman/nettext/C11_Cliques.html Cliques and sub-groups]. In Introduction to social network methods. University of California.


'''Class Schedule:'''
'''Class Schedule:'''


== Week 12: Technology and networks ==
== Week 12: Technology and networks ==


November 9
November 8




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* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]]
* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]]


'''Lecture Video:'''
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/7947991/View Technology and networks] [19:38]


'''Readings:'''
'''Readings:'''
* Pariser, E. [https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles Beware Online Filter Bubbles TED talk]
* Pariser, E. [https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles Beware Online Filter Bubbles]
* Fletcher, R. [https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/risj-review/truth-behind-filter-bubbles-bursting-some-myths The truth behind filter bubbles: Bursting some myths].
* Fletcher, R. [https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/risj-review/truth-behind-filter-bubbles-bursting-some-myths The truth behind filter bubbles: Bursting some myths].
* Bail, C. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwRm_ssTarE Should we break our echo chambers?]
* Bail, C. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwRm_ssTarE Should we break our echo chambers?]
* Cohen, M. [https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/finding-love-the-scientific-take/202012/context-collapse Context Collapse]
* Cohen, M. [https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/finding-love-the-scientific-take/202012/context-collapse Context Collapse]
(Optional)
(Optional)
* Kleinberg, J. (2012). [https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-29952-0_8 The Convergence of Social and Technological Networks]. In M. Agrawal, S. B. Cooper, & A. Li (Eds.), Theory and Applications of Models of Computation.
* Kleinberg, J. (2012). [https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-29952-0_8 The Convergence of Social and Technological Networks]. In M. Agrawal, S. B. Cooper, & A. Li (Eds.), Theory and Applications of Models of Computation.
* Chris Bail, et al. (2018). [https://www.pnas.org/content/115/37/9216 Exposure to opposing views on social media can increase political polarization]. PNAS.
* Chris Bail, et al. (2018). [https://www.pnas.org/content/115/37/9216 Exposure to opposing views on social media can increase political polarization]. PNAS.
November 11
* How does the Internet work?


== Week 13: Collective behavior ==
== Week 13: Collective behavior ==


November 16
November 15


'''Assignment Due:'''
'''Assignment Due:'''
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'''Readings:'''
'''Readings:'''
* Becker, J., Brackbill, D., & Centola, D. (2017). [https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1615978114 Network dynamics of social influence in the wisdom of crowds]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201615978.
* Becker, J., Brackbill, D., & Centola, D. (2017). [https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1615978114 Network dynamics of social influence in the wisdom of crowds]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201615978.
* [https://youtu.be/sdI-b5mfjH4 Video discussion with Dr. Becker] (watch after reading paper)
* Do [http://ncase.me/crowds/ The Wisdom or Madness of Crowds Simulation]
* Do [http://ncase.me/crowds/ The Wisdom or Madness of Crowds Simulation]


November 18
November 17


* Take-home exam is due
* Today is our in-class '''EXAM'''


== Week 14: Networks and collaboration ==
== Week 14: Networks and collaboration ==


November 23
November 22


Asynchronous class - Happy Thanksgiving!


'''Assignment Due:'''  
'''Assignment Due:'''  
* 1 Discussion Question
* 1 Discussion Question


'''Lecture video:'''
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/8035051/View Networks and Collaboration][17:19]


'''Readings:'''  
'''Readings:'''  
* Read the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Networks Wikipedia Article about The Wealth of Networks]
* Read the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Networks Wikipedia Article about The Wealth of Networks]
* Skim section two of Benkler, Y. (2002). [https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/stable/1562247 Coase’s Penguin, or, Linux and "The Nature of the Firm."] The Yale Law Journal, 112(3), 369.
* Skim section two of Benkler, Y. (2002). [https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/stable/1562247 Coase’s Penguin, or, Linux and "The Nature of the Firm."] The Yale Law Journal, 112(3), 369.


== Week 15: Networked racism ==
== Week 15: Networked racism ==


November 30
November 29


'''Assignment Due:'''  
'''Assignment Due:'''  
* Rough draft of [[/Final project|Final Project]] on Brightspace and sent to your "peers"
* Peer feedback on final project




'''Readings:'''
'''Readings:'''
* Fernandez, R. M., & Fernandez-Mateo, I. (2006). [https://journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/pdf/10.1177/000312240607100103 Networks, Race, and Hiring]. American Sociological Review, 71(1), 42–71. '''Read the introduction (pp. 42–47) and the Summary and Conclusion (pp. 65–67)'''
* Fernandez, R. M., & Fernandez-Mateo, I. (2006). [https://journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/pdf/10.1177/000312240607100103 Networks, Race, and Hiring]. American Sociological Review, 71(1), 42–71. '''Read the introduction (pp. 42–47) and the Summary and Conclusion (pp. 65–67)'''
* Sunstein, C. R. (1991). Why markets don’t stop discrimination. Social Philosophy and Policy, 8(02), 22–37. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052500001114
* (Optional) Sunstein, C. R. (1991). Why markets don’t stop discrimination. Social Philosophy and Policy, 8(02), 22–37. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052500001114
 
 
December 2
 
No class - work on Final Project


== Week 16: Network Visualization Principles ==
== Week 16: Network Visualization Principles ==
December 7
'''Assignment Due:'''
* Peer feedback on final project


'''Class Schedule:'''
'''Class Schedule:'''
* Review principles of good network visualizations
* Review principles of good network visualizations
** Put examples at https://padlet.com/jdfoote1/networks (I will explain in class)
* Work on final projects
* Work on final projects
December 9
No class - work on Final Project


== Week 16.5: Finals week  ==
== Week 16.5: Finals week  ==
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* Find and assess networks visualizations ([https://padlet.com/jdfoote1/networks padlet is here])
* Find and assess networks visualizations ([https://padlet.com/jdfoote1/networks padlet is here])
* Begin visualization challenge
* Begin visualization challenge
** Right click on [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/fall-2021/activities/network_visualization_examples_and_assignment.Rmd THIS LINK], save it, and open it in RStudio.
** Right click on [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/master/activities/network_visualization_examples_and_assignment.Rmd THIS LINK], save it, and open it in RStudio.
* [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/fall-2021/week_10/lecture/ Slides]
* [https://jeremydfoote.com/teaching/2020-spring/comm_and_soc_networks/diffusion_week_10/ Slides]
* [https://youtu.be/5EOHaU_R94o Weekly lecture] on social influence and network diffusion
* [https://youtu.be/5EOHaU_R94o Weekly lecture] on social influence and network diffusion
* [https://youtu.be/sdI-b5mfjH4 Interview with Josh Becker] (skim his article below first).
* [https://youtu.be/sdI-b5mfjH4 Interview with Josh Becker] (skim his article below first).
* [https://youtu.be/d3C2r7gPfBU Great video about homophily in networks]
* [https://youtu.be/d3C2r7gPfBU Great video about homophily in networks]
* [https://youtu.be/MzA12DkQGBw Answering questions about R]
* [https://youtu.be/MzA12DkQGBw Answering questions about R]
* [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/fall-2021/activities/school_data_example.Rmd Example with code for the Dutch School assignment]
* [https://github.com/jdfoote/Communication-and-Social-Networks/raw/master/activities/school_data_example.Rmd Example with code for the Dutch School assignment]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prCmVEUTxQE Video explaining my example]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prCmVEUTxQE Video explaining my example]
* [https://youtu.be/mOtVC0N-ItA Networks in Organizations lecture]
* [https://youtu.be/mOtVC0N-ItA Networks in Organizations lecture]
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