TY - BOOK ID - 8429509 TI - What is social network analysis? PY - 2012 SN - 1849668175 1780938489 9786613766281 1849668205 1849668191 1280994673 PB - London : Bloomsbury Academic, DB - UniCat KW - Internet -- Social aspects. KW - Social network analysis. KW - Social network. KW - Social networks. KW - Interpersonal relations. KW - Human relations KW - Interpersonal relationships KW - Personal relations KW - Relations, Interpersonal KW - Relationships, Interpersonal KW - Social behavior KW - Social psychology KW - Object relations (Psychoanalysis) KW - Networking, Social KW - Networks, Social KW - Social networking KW - Social support systems KW - Support systems, Social KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Cliques (Sociology) KW - Microblogs KW - Social sciences KW - Network analysis. KW - Network analysis (Social sciences) KW - SNA (Social network analysis) KW - Social network analysis KW - System analysis KW - Methodology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8429509 AB - This book introduces the non-specialist reader to the principal ideas, nature and purpose of social network analysis. Social networks operate on many levels, from families up to the level of nations, and play a critical role in determining the way problems are solved, organizations are run, and the degree to which individuals achieve their goals. Social network theory maps these relationships between individual actors. Though relatively new on the scene it has become hugely influential across the social sciences. Assuming no prior knowledge of quantitative sociology, this book presents the key ER -