week 6

W6 Weekly Research Assignment

Social Network Analysis

Let's try some social network analysis tools. 

Download a social network analysis application. Here are some examples:  Note: There can be difficulties with regard to the Operating System you are using 

Option 1 

SocioViz (especially for twitter):   https://socioviz.net

TouchGraph SEO Browser     http://www.touchgraph.com/seo

Generate or find data to create a network graph. Identify your source and the various relationships you have uncovered. Present your network graph and a full explanation of its features. 

Option 2  

If you cannot get the first two to operate, then use the more generic tool: 

Social Network Visualizer     https://socnetv.org/

Here is a tutorial how it works:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti-98tIzfEk

Create a Social Network of your choosing. It can be Family, Classmates, Friends, Work or whatever. Define the relationships between the entities and visualize your network.  In SocNetV you can also use Sample Data for visualizations.  Put your Graph incl. a discussion of your work (Aha events, challenges, roadblocks) in a word document and submit it.