Social Media, It has become an integral part in our life.With the penetration of internet social media has expanded itself across the globe and served as a common platform for people to connect.
Social Network analysis helps us to view and analyze the social relationship and behavior.Social network graph gives a visual image of various connections between the nodes grouped under some metrics.
Two main entities in a social network diagram are
Why do we need this social network analysis?
The growth and the impact of social media is rapid and huge.Hence this analysis finds its applications in organizational behavior, inter-organizational relations, the spread of contagious diseases, mental health, social support, the diffusion of information and animal social organization.
Social Network analysis helps us to view and analyze the social relationship and behavior.Social network graph gives a visual image of various connections between the nodes grouped under some metrics.
Two main entities in a social network diagram are
- Nodes: Individual objects/actors in the social network
- Ties: Relationship between the nodes
A typical social network of twitter is shown below.
The growth and the impact of social media is rapid and huge.Hence this analysis finds its applications in organizational behavior, inter-organizational relations, the spread of contagious diseases, mental health, social support, the diffusion of information and animal social organization.
Some of the software applications for network analysis are,
Good or bad, we are building strong relationship with each other through a virtual network and social media analysis is exploiting the same in all possible ways.
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