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Coming October 12, 2015: NodeXL Pro – advanced support for mapping social media networks

The Social Media Research Foundation is dedicated to making tools that help people understand social media and social networks. We produce NodeXL Basic which is available freely and openly to all. NodeXL Pro offers advanced features for importing social media…

6 Kinds of Twitter Social Media Network Structures

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 […]

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, […]

September 26-27, 2013: NodeXL Social Media Network Analysis Workshop at the Universidad Externado, Bogota, Colombia

September 26-27, 2013 at the Universidad Externado, Bogota, Colombia I will participate in a workshop on social media network analysis at the Universidad Externado, Bogota, Colombia on September 26-27, 2013. My host is Professor Hernando Rojas from the University of Wisconsin and the Universidad Externado. Here is a map of the connections among the people who recently tweeted UExternado: