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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456402703321

Autore

Hansen Derek L

Titolo

Analyzing social media networks with NodeXL [[electronic resource] ] : insights from a connected world / / Derek L. Hansen, Ben Schneiderman, Marc A. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : M. Kaufmann, c2011

ISBN

1-282-73812-7

9786612738128

0-12-382230-0

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchneidermanBen

SmithMarc A. <1965->

Disciplina

006.7/54

Soggetti

Data mining - Computer programs

Information visualization - Computer programs

Webometrics - Computer programs

Online social networks

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Analyzing social media networks with NodeXL; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Contributors; PART I: GETTING STARTED WITH ANALYZING SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS; Chapter 1. Introduction to Social Media and Social Networks; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; 1.3 THE RISE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS CONSUMER APPLICATIONS; 1.4 INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS GENERATE PUBLIC WEALTH; 1.5 WHO SHOULD READ THIS BOOK; 1.6 APPLYING SOCIAL MEDIA TO NATIONAL PRIORITIES; 1.7 WORLDWIDE EFFORTS; 1.8 PRACTITIONER'S SUMMARY; 1.9 RESEARCHER'S AGENDA

Chapter 2. Social Media: New Technologies of Collaboration 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 SOCIAL MEDIA DEFINED; 2.3 SOCIAL MEDIA DESIGN FRAMEWORK; 2.4 SOCIAL MEDIA EXAMPLES; 2.5 PRACTITIONER'S SUMMARY; 2.6 RESEARCHER'S AGENDA; Chapter 3. Social Network Analysis: Measuring, Mapping, and Modeling Collections of



Connections; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE NETWORK PERSPECTIVE; 3.3 TYPES OF NETWORKS; 3.4 THE NETWORK ANALYSIS RESEARCH AND PRACTITIONER LANDSCAPE; 3.5 NETWORK ANALYSIS METRICS; 3.6 SOCIAL NETWORKS IN THE ERA OF ABUNDANT COMPUTATION

3.7 THE ERA OF ABUNDANT SOCIAL NETWORKS: FROM THE DESKTOP TO YOUR POCKET 3.8 TOOLS FOR NETWORK ANALYSIS; 3.9 NODE-LINK DIAGRAMS: VISUALLY MAPPING SOCIAL NETWORKS; 3.10 COMMON NETWORK ANALYSIS QUESTIONS APPLIED TO SOCIAL MEDIA; 3.11 PRACTITIONER'S SUMMARY; 3.12 RESEARCHER'S AGENDA; PART II: NODEXL TUTORIAL: LEARNING BY DOING; Chapter 4. Getting Started with NodeXL, Layout, Visual Design, and Labeling; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING NODEXL; 4.3 GETTING STARTED WITH NODEXL; 4.4 LAYOUT: ARRANGING VERTICES IN THE GRAPH PANE; 4.5 VISUAL DESIGN: MAKING NETWORK DISPLAYS MEANINGFUL

4.6 LABELING: ADDING TEXT LABELS TO VERTICES AND EDGES 4.7 PRACTITIONER'S SUMMARY; 4.8 RESEARCHER'S AGENDA; Chapter 5. Calculating and Visualizing Network Metrics; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 KITE NETWORK EXAMPLE; 5.3 COMPUTING GRAPH METRICS; 5.4 LES MISÉRABLES CO-APPEARANCE NETWORK; 5.5 PRACTITIONER'S SUMMARY; 5.6 RESEARCHER'S AGENDA; Chapter 6. Preparing Data and Filtering; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 SERIOUS EATS NETWORK EXAMPLE; 6.3 FILTERING TO REDUCE CLUTTER AND REVEAL IMPORTANT FEATURES; 6.4 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER; 6.5 PRACTITIONER'S SUMMARY; 6.6 RESEARCHER'S AGENDA

Chapter 7. Clustering and Grouping 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 THE 2007 SENATE VOTING ANALYSIS; 7.3 LES MISÉRABLES CHARACTER CLUSTERS; 7.4 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) LOBBYING COALITION NETWORK; 7.5 PRACTITIONER'S SUMMARY; 7.6 RESEARCHER'S AGENDA; PART III: SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK ANALYSIS CASE STUDIES; Chapter 8. Email: The Lifeblood of Modern Communication; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 HISTORY AND DEFINITION OF EMAIL; 8.3 EMAIL NETWORKS; 8.4 WHAT QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED BY ANALYZING EMAIL NETWORKS?; 8.5 WORKING WITH EMAIL DATA; 8.6 CLEANING EMAIL DATA IN NODEXL

8.7 ANALYZING PERSONAL EMAIL NETWORKS

Sommario/riassunto

Businesses, entrepreneurs, individuals, and government agencies alike are looking to social network analysis (SNA) tools for insight into trends, connections, and fluctuations in social media. Microsoft's NodeXL is a free, open-source SNA plug-in for use with Excel. It provides instant graphical representation of relationships of complex networked data. But it goes further than other SNA tools -- NodeXL was developed by a multidisciplinary team of experts that bring together information studies, computer science, sociology, human-computer interaction, and over 20 years of visual analytic



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910917794003321

Autore

Hesketh Robert F

Titolo

Beyond the Street Corner : Understanding Urban Street Gang Membership / / by Robert F. Hesketh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024

ISBN

9783031752391

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society, , 2946-2525

Disciplina

364.1066

Soggetti

Juvenile delinquents

Organized crime

Criminology

Criminal behavior

Social structure

Equality

Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice

Organized Crime

Research Methods in Criminology

Criminal Behavior

Social Structure

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part One -- Chapter 1: Street Chronicles: Tracing the Evolution of Gang Scholarship -- Chapter 2. Countering the Asphalt Menace: UK's Street Gang Policy Playbook -- Chapter 3: Climbing the Ladder: From Gangs to Adult Organised Crime Groups -- Part Two -- Chapter 4: Researching Street Gangs -- Chapter 5: Home Safe Home: Family Influences on Gang-Involved Youth (Family Domain) -- Chapter 6: Streets of Influence (Neigbourhood Domain) -- Chapter 7: Social Capital: The Friends we keep! (Peer Domain) -- Chapter 8: Living on the Edge: Navigating Risk and Resilience (Individual Domain) -- Chapter 9: Between the Lines: Navigating Risk and Protection (School Domain) -- Chapter 10: Conclusion.



Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an in-depth investigation into street gang involvement, desistance, and non-involvement through the lens of the Risk Factor Prevention Paradigm (RFPP). This framework encompasses five domains of risk and prevention: family, neighbourhood, peers, individual, and school. It identifies the risk and protective factors that influence young people to either engage in, desist or abstain from involvement in deviant street groups. Based on a comprehensive five-and-a-half-year study, the author draws upon his lifelong experience living in Stockbridge Village, Merseyside, one of the most deprived areas in the UK marked by street gang activity and organised crime. The author's unique position allows him to establish a strong rapport with young, disenfranchised individuals involved in street gangs. This book offers a comprehensive exploration of critical observations related to street gang involvement by integrating insights that provide a nuanced understanding of the sociocultural factors that both drive individuals toward gang involvement and contribute to their desistance from it. The author highlights key topics including the practice of drug dealing as deviant entrepreneurship, the role of friendship networks in determining engagement in street gang-related activities, the allure of risk as a motivator for involvement and the participation of young women through relationships with young men associated with street gangs. Ultimately, the work offers fresh perspectives on both gang membership and non-membership, advocating for the development of homegrown interventions rooted in social capital through bridging and social mobility as viable strategies for addressing street gang involvement. Robert Hesketh is a chartered psychologist and lecturer in criminal Justice in the School of Justice Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He has written extensively on the topic of street gangs in the UK swell as having also taught at the University of Chester and Edge Hill University (Criminology and Forensic Psychology). He presently holds a BA (Combined Hons) in Psychology and Sociology, an MA in Sociology and Social Policy, an MSc in Applied Psychology, a postgraduate diploma in offender profiling with his PhD focused on a multi-disciplinary exploration of street gangs on Merseyside. He is also Fellow of the High Education Academy. .