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Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL: Insights from a Connected World
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Review
"Hansen, Shneiderman, and Smith, along with their collaborators, have written a readable introduction to the field of social media network analysis. Furthermore, the book is a nice tutorial on an interesting tool that readers can experiment with on their own. For example, the readers can simply use the Facebook application provided by Bernie Hogan, one of the book's collaborators, to analyze the ego networks that they know best: their own network of friends, family, and acquaintances. This book offers a sure way to understand some of the basic concepts of network analysis."--Computing Reviews
"This is a niche book that is also multi-discliplinary. NodeXL has involved experts in information studies, computer science, sociology, human-computer interaction and cultural studies and this book has contributions from researchers in all these fields and more. It is however highly practical and will motivate readers to use this tool for their own research."--I-Programmer.info
"The authors explore the applications of Microsoft's NodeXL, a free, open-source social network analysis (SNA) plug-in for use with Excel. It provides instant graphical representation of relationships of complex networked data, drawing on over 20 years of visual analytic theory and information visualization."--Usability News
From the Back Cover
Businesses, entrepreneurs, individuals, and government agencies alike are looking to social network analysis (SNA) tools for insight into trends, connections, and fluctuations in social media. Microsoft's NodeXL is a free, open-source SNA plug-in for use with Excel. It provides instant graphical representation of relationships of complex networked data. But it goes further than other SNA tools -- NodeXL was developed by a multidisciplinary team of experts that bring together information studies, computer science, sociology, human-computer interaction, and over 20 years of visual analytic theory and information visualization all into one tool that you can use. NodeXL is important if you are studying visual and network analytics and their real-world applications.
In Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL, members of the NodeXL development team up to provide readers with a thorough and practical guide for using the tool while also explaining the development behind each feature.
To learn more about Analyzing Social Media Networks and NodeXL, visit the companion site at www.mkp.com/nodexl
06/02/2011
I purchased this book because I was interested in harvesting the data from my twitter, facebook, and other networking sources online, and the text made pulling that data and crafting beautiful graphs with it quick and easy. What surprised me, however, was how fascinating exploring this data was. With my Facebook network map, I found my friends naturally grouped into categories. With my Twitter map, I found key people in my social network who served as the glue keeping us together. I highly recommend this book, not just for these fun data-explorations, but also for a fantastic introduction into the world of Social Network Science, which is already extremely important in our increasingly networked world.
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