Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Text
- 1 Introduction to Social Networks Research
- 2 Describing and Interpreting Social Network Features
- 3 Accounting for Substantive Network Features
- 4 Crafting a Network Theory
- 5 Moving from Theory to Empirics
- 6 Acquiring Network Data
- 7 Preparing Network Data
- 8 Working with Network Data in R
- 9 Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - Accounting for Substantive Network Features
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 November 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Text
- 1 Introduction to Social Networks Research
- 2 Describing and Interpreting Social Network Features
- 3 Accounting for Substantive Network Features
- 4 Crafting a Network Theory
- 5 Moving from Theory to Empirics
- 6 Acquiring Network Data
- 7 Preparing Network Data
- 8 Working with Network Data in R
- 9 Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 focused on the structural features of networks. These features are determined by the links that are present and how they are arranged among the nodes. Different arrangements of links lead to different shapes, which has consequences for how things might spread through the network, which nodes are important, and how cohesive a collection of nodes is. In empirical research about social networks, the real nodes and links in question will have substantive meaning. Adding those substantive labels to the nodes and links is a start, but we might have additional information about the nodes and links that we would like to incorporate in our study. It is possible to integrate substantive information about nodes and links with structural information in ways that can enrich a network study.
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- Designing Empirical Social Networks Research , pp. 42 - 53Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024