We live in a networked society, where everyone is connected geographically, socially, and in cyberspace. Network structures affect individuals in their perceived information and the ability to interact with others – space (social and geographical) is vital and matters in everyday life, affecting both the individual’s behavior and society.nnThis is a cross-disciplinary course introducing the theory and methods for analyzing social networks and thus, is an intersection of sociology, communications studies, mathematics, and computer science. It explores real-world networks from online social networks (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube), political networks, informal money transfer, kinship, and sexual networks. This course introduces methods and computational tools to analyze such social networks and uses state-of-the-art packages.
