| Description |
xv, 210 pages : illustrations, some of which are in colour ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1.Social Networks: Towards General Models / Robert Stocker -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.Social Networks -- 1.3.Social Networks Research -- 1.3.1.How Do We Know What We Know: The System of Knowledge? -- 1.3.2.How Do We Apply What We Know: The Processes and Procedures for Applying That Knowledge? -- 1.3.3.How Do We Interpret What We Know: The Tools and Technologies That Inform Our Application of the Knowledge? -- 1.3.4.Modelling -- 1.4.Sensory Experience -- 1.5.Towards a Model -- 1.6.Cognitive Structure -- 1.7.Cognitive Processing and Logical Levels -- 1.8.Language -- 1.9.Conclusion -- 2.On Graphs, Networks and Social Groups / Terry Bossomaier -- 2.1.Graphs and Networks -- 2.1.1.Basic Terms and Concepts -- 2.2.Representing Networks -- 2.2.1.Common Network Topologies -- 2.2.1.1.Modularity -- 2.2.1.2.Motifs -- 2.2.1.3.Mixing -- 2.2.2.Measures of Network Properties -- 2.2.3.Markov Random Graphs -- 2.2.4.The Connectivity Avalanche -- |
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2.3.Networks and Complexity -- 2.3.1.The Network Basis -- 2.3.2.Network Processes -- 2.4.Simulating Social Networks -- 3.Language Networks / Terry Bossomaier -- 3.1.Introduction and Overview -- 3.2.A Network Perspective on Language -- 3.2.1.Language Families -- 3.2.2.The Language Glass -- 3.2.3.Perception of Colour -- 3.2.4.Numbers and Words -- 3.3.Large-Scale Semantic Networks -- 3.3.1.Semantic Relatedness -- 3.3.2.Latent Semantic Indexing -- 3.3.3.Thesauri and Wordnet -- 3.3.3.1.Wordnet analysis -- 3.3.4.Polysemy -- 3.3.5.Semantic Networks -- 3.3.5.1.Syntactic scaling -- 3.3.6.Phonological Scaling -- 3.4.Ontologies and Concept Mapping -- 3.4.1.Ontologies -- 3.4.2.Language Tools -- 3.5.Language Evolution -- 3.5.1.Language Competition -- 3.5.2.Cortical Scaling Across Species -- 3.5.3.The Social Brain -- 3.5.4.Categories in the Brain -- 3.5.5.Characteristics of Brain Networks -- 3.6.Envoi -- 4.Complexity and Human Society / Suzanne Sadedin -- |
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4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Emergent Social Structure and Behaviour -- 4.2.1.Collective Behaviour -- 4.2.2.Social Networks -- 4.2.3.Network Evolution -- 4.2.4.Consensus and Cooperation in Social Networks -- 4.3.Mechanisms for Managing Social Complexity -- 4.3.1.Divide and Rule -- 4.3.2.Containing Extremes -- 4.4.Mechanisms of Unplanned Social Change -- 4.4.1.Failure of Models -- 4.4.2.Cascading Contexts -- 4.4.3.Positive Feedback -- 4.4.4.Changes in Network Connectivity -- 4.4.5.The Brittleness of "Divide and Rule" Strategies -- 4.5.Side Effects of New Technology -- 4.5.1.Labour-Saving Devices -- 4.5.2.Technology and Social Isolation -- 4.5.3.Information and Communications -- 4.6.Conclusion -- 5.Developing Agent-Based Models of Business Relations and Networks / Louise Young -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.The Role of Simulation and Agent-Based Models -- 5.3.Agent-Based Models -- 5.4.Explaining Dynamics: Identifying and Modelling Causal Mechanisms -- |
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5.5.Mechanisms Driving Business Relations and Networks -- 5.5.1.Acting and Specializing -- 5.5.2.Mating -- 5.5.3.Dancing -- 5.5.4.Interconnecting Relations -- 5.5.5.Environmental Impacts -- 5.5.6.Discussion -- 5.6.Business Networks Agent-Based Modelling System -- 5.7.Conclusion -- 6.Agent-Based Modelling of Social Networks: Natural Resource Applications of Human/Landscape Interactions across Space and Time / Aaron Poe -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Social Networks Informing Natural Resource Management -- 6.3.Dichotomies in Communication/Language between Disparate Interacting Groups -- 6.4.The Level of Sustainable Activity Approach as a Formal Way to Capture Social Networks and Integrate into Agent-Based Models -- 6.5.Level of Sustainable Activity Linked to Agent-Based Spatial Simulations -- 6.6.Prince William Sound Case Study -- 6.7.Limits of Sustainable Activity Focus Groups to Understand Social Network of Recreation Users -- |
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6.8.Results from Applying the Level of Sustainable Use Workshops for Evaluating Management Scenarios -- 6.9.Level of Sustainable Activity: Recreational Motor Boats, Yacht and Sail Boats -- 6.10.Level of Sustainable Activity: Comparisons between Groups -- 6.11.Summary -- 6.12.Conclusion and Controversial Research Issues Identified and Future Research Directions -- 7.Social Media Networks and the "Unthinkable Present": A Users' Perspective / David Cameron -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Mapping Social Media: Verbs, Nouns and Collective Nouns -- 7.2.1.Blogs and Microblogs -- 7.2.2.Social Networks and Participatory Culture -- 7.2.3.Forums, Groups and Convergence -- 7.2.4.Public Privacy and Shopping -- 7.2.5.Wikis -- 7.2.6.Multimedia -- 7.2.7.Social Bookmarking -- 7.3.Tensions within a Networked Society -- 7.3.1.Freedom of Expression -- 7.3.2.Memes -- 7.3.3.Social Freedom -- 7.3.4.Privacy -- 7.3.5.The Future of Social and Cultural Networks -- |
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7.3.6.Immersion in Digital Cultural Networks -- 7.3.7.Gamers -- 7.3.8.Crowdsourcing -- 7.4.Conclusion |
| Summary |
"This book covers three broad areas: technical fundamentals, complexity and social networks, and communication and language. The objective of the book is to raise readers' interest in social networks in general, the importance of language in the emergence and maintenance of networks in particular, the integral patterns of interconnectivity, and the means to measure and model social structure. It presents a broad range of ideas from several fields of research endeavor. It also explores social networks and their integration with communication and language, thereby providing a discussion of relevant theory, modeling, metrics, and application to business, natural resource management, and technology." -- publisher website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Social networks.
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Sociolinguistics.
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| Author |
Bossomaier, Terry R. J. (Terry Richard John) (Terry Richard John), editor
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Stocker, R. (Rob), editor of compilation
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| ISBN |
9789814316286 |
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9814316288 |
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