Over the past decade, there has been an explosion of interest in network research across the physical and social sciences. For social scientists, the theory of networks has been a gold mine, yielding explanations for social phenomena in a wide variety of disciplines from psychology to economics. Here, we review the kinds of things that social scientists have tried to explain using social network analysis and provide a nutshell description of the basic assumptions, goals, and explanatory mechanisms prevalent in the field. We hope to contribute to a dialogue among researchers from across the physical and social sciences who share a common interest in understanding the antecedents and consequences of network phenomena.
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Stephen P. Borgatti
University of Kentucky
Ajay Mehra
University of Kentucky
Daniel J. Brass
University of Kentucky
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University of Kentucky
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Borgatti et al. (Fri,) studied this question.
synapsesocial.com/papers/69d747638e958094d1b8aab9 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1165821