Social Networks

Social Networks

  • Welcome
  • Introduction to Networks
  • 1  What Are Networks?
  • 2  What is A Social Network?
  • Graph Theory: The Basics
  • 3  Introduction to Graphs
  • 4  Graphs and their Subgraphs
  • 5  Types of Ties and Their Graphs
  • 6  Basic Graph Metrics
  • 7  Nodes and their Neighborhoods
  • 8  Nodes and their Degrees
  • 9  Degree-Based Graph Metrics
  • 10  Indirect Connections
  • 11  Directed Indirect Connections
  • 12  Graph Connectivity
  • Matrices: The Basics
  • 13  Introduction to Matrices
  • 14  The Adjacency Matrix
  • 15  Matrix Operations: Row and Column Sums
  • 16  Basic Matrix Operations
  • 17  Matrix Multiplication
  • 18  Equivalence and Similarity
  • 19  Local Node Similarities
  • 20  Blockmodeling
  • Centrality
  • 21  Centralities based on Degree
  • 22  Centralities based on the Geodesic Distance
  • 23  Centralities based on Shortest Paths
  • 24  The “Big Three” Centrality Metrics
  • Prestige
  • 25  Getting Centrality from Others
  • 26  Status
  • Two-Mode Networks
  • 27  Affiliation Networks

Table of contents

  • Welcome

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Social Networks

An Introduction

Author

Omar Lizardo and Isaac Jilbert

Published

January 15, 2023

Welcome

This is an introductory textbook on social networks to be used in conjunction with an undergraduate lecture class on social networks (SOCIOL 111) taught in the department of sociology at UCLA.

1  What Are Networks?