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Pew Internet Research and Social Media Research Foundation Release Report

The six types of Twitter conversations Have you ever wondered what a Twitter conversation looks like from 10,000 feet? A new report from the Pew Research Center, in association with the Social Media Research Foundation, provides an aerial view of the social…

2014 INSNA Sunbelt SNA Conference: February 18-23 – St. Petersburg, Florida

The INSNA Sunbelt social network conference will be held February 18-23 at the TradeWinds Island Resort on the island of St. Pete Beach. There will be NodeXL related talks at the conference. NodeXL: Network Analysis Made Simple Tuesday February 18, 8:00am – 11:00am & 11:30am – 2:30pm Marc Smith, Social Media Research Foundation CITRUS Ballroom […]

StrataConf 2014 – February 11-13, Santa Clara – Network Science Made Simple: SNA for pie chart makers

I will present at the 2014 Strata Conference in Santa Clara, CA on February 11, 2013. Network Science Made Simple: SNA for pie chart makers Marc Smith (Connected Action Consulting Group) 2:20pm Wednesday, 02/12/2014 Data Science Ballroom ABNetworks are everywhere, particularly in social media. Understanding networks can quickly reveal the key people, groups, and topics that matter […]

January 31, 2014 – Kansas State University – Webinar: Social Media Maps and Measures with NodeXL

I will present a remote seminar at Kansas State University – on Jan. 31 about how to create social media maps and measures with NodeXL. The remote presentation will take place 1-2:30 p.m. (Central Time) Friday, Jan. 31, in 301 Hale Library. All are welcome to attend. See: https://blogs.k-state.edu/it-news/2014/01/10/webinar-jan-31-charting-collections-of-connections-in-social-media-creating-maps-and-measures-with-nodexl/ This is a map of the network of 2,785 […]

University of Maryland Computer Science Class (CMSC734) Student Projects Put NodeXL to Work: Finding Insights in Diverse Networks

Graduate students in Computer Science at the University of Maryland in a class on information visualization produced a striking variety of NodeXL network analysis visualizations for their recent homework projects. The class, taught by Prof. Ben Shneiderman (www.cs.umd.edu/~ben), covers commercial tools, such as Spotfire and Tableau, and research software, giving students a chance to learn a range of […]

Think link: network patterns in social media

Network analysis is a way of looking at the world that focuses on the shape and structure of collections of relationships. In a network perspective the world is not primarily composed of individuals (“nodes”, “vertices”, “entities”). Instead, a network approach focuses on relationships between individuals (“edges”, “ties”, “connections”, “links”). When collections of connections are analyzed, […]