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V. Social Organization
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Exploring Data
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Network Exercise
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Theme
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DescriptionThis exercise allows students to explore the size of their own social networks and provides an introduction to discussing the strength and the diversity of relationships in social networks.
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Learning GoalsTo understand three important features of social networks:1) their size, 2) the strength of relationships in them, and 3) the diversity of relationships in social networks.
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Things NeededList of Names.
Could be completed in one 45 minute class period. -
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More InformationGladwell, Malcom. 2002. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. Boston: Little, Brown, & CompanyBack to top
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Creator/SourceCaroline Hodges Persell, Department of Sociology, New York University, January 2008