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Informationen zum Autor Assoc. Prof. Robert Ackland has a joint appointment in the School of Sociology and the Australian Centre for Applied Social Research Methods (AusCen) at the Australian National University (ANU). He was awarded his PhD in economics from the ANU in 2001, and he has been researching online social and organisational networks since 2002. He leads the Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks Lab ( http://voson.anu.edu.au ) which was established in 2005 and is advancing the social science of the Internet by conducting research, developing research tools, and providing research training. Robert established the Social Science of the Internet specialisation in the ANU's Master of Social Research in 2008, and his book Web Social Science: Concepts, Data and Tools for Social Scientists in the Digital Age (SAGE) was published in July 2013. He created the VOSON software for hyperlink network construction and analysis, which has been publicly available since 2006 and is used by researchers worldwide. Klappentext Explaining how the Web is a socially constructed phenomenon, this timely text provides readers with a complete theoretical and practical guide to Web Social Science Zusammenfassung Explaining how the Web is a socially constructed phenomenon! this timely text provides readers with a complete theoretical and practical guide to Web Social Science Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Introduction PART ONE: WEB SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODS Chapter 2. Online Research Methods Dimensions and Modes of Online Research Online Surveys Online Interviews and Focus Groups Web Content Analysis Social Media Network Analysis Online Experiments Online Field Research Digital Trace Data: Ethics Chapter 3. Social Media Networks Social Networks: Concepts and Definitions Social Network Analysis Social Media Networks Social Networks, Information Networks and Communication Networks SNA Metrics for the Example School Friendship Network (advanced) Chapter 4. Hyperlink Networks Hyperlink Networks: Background Three Disciplinary Perspectives on Hyperlink Networks Tools for Hyperlink Network Research PART TWO: WEB SOCIAL SCIENCE EXAMPLES Chapter 5. Friendship Formation and Social Influence Homophily in Friendship Formation Social Influence Chapter 6. Organisational Collective Behaviour Collective Behaviour on the Web: Background Collective Action and Public Goods Networked Social Movements Chapter 7. Politics and Participation Visibility of Political Information Social and Political Engagement Political Homophily An Introduction to Power Laws (advanced) Chapter 8. Government and Public Policy Delivery of Information to Citizens Government Authority Public Policy Modelling Chapter 9. Production and Collaboration Peer Production and Information Public Goods Scholarly Activity and Communication Network Structure and Achievement Chapter 10. Commerce and Marketing Distribution of Product Sales Influence in Markets ...
List of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
PART ONE: WEB SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODS
Chapter 2. Online Research Methods
Dimensions and Modes of Online Research
Online Surveys
Online Interviews and Focus Groups
Web Content Analysis
Social Media Network Analysis
Online Experiments
Online Field Research
Digital Trace Data: Ethics
Chapter 3. Social Media Networks
Social Networks: Concepts and Definitions
Social Network Analysis
Social Media Networks
Social Networks, Information Networks and Communication Networks
SNA Metrics for the Example School Friendship Network (advanced)
Chapter 4. Hyperlink Networks
Hyperlink Networks: Background
Three Disciplinary Perspectives on Hyperlink Networks
Tools for Hyperlink Network Research
PART TWO: WEB SOCIAL SCIENCE EXAMPLES
Chapter 5. Friendship Formation and Social Influence
Homophily in Friendship Formation
Social Influence
Chapter 6. Organisational Collective Behaviour
Collective Behaviour on the Web: Background
Collective Action and Public Goods
Networked Social Movements
Chapter 7. Politics and Participation
Visibility of Political Information
Social and Political Engagement
Political Homophily
An Introduction to Power Laws (advanced)
Chapter 8. Government and Public Policy
Delivery of Information to Citizens
Government Authority
Public Policy Modelling
Chapter 9. Production and Collaboration
Peer Production and Information Public Goods
Scholarly Activity and Communication
Network Structure and Achievement
Chapter 10. Commerce and Marketing
Distribution of Product Sales
Influence in Markets
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Ackland's Web Social Science is unique in being specifically designed for social science researchers. Although written simply enough to be accessible to undergraduates, accomplished scholars are likely to appreciate it too. Reading it taught me quite a lot about a subject I thought I knew rather well. Paul Vogt 20140226
