Social Network Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7079052 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Eisenberg, Anne F Eisenberg, Jeffrey A Houser, Jeffrey Houser |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss171 |
| OpenAlex | W4206726723 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
The idea of social networks is prevalent in everyday vernacular language, ranging from the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, where players identify how any one actor is linked to the actor Kevin Bacon through no more than six different people, to the way in which people “network” with one another as a means by which they gain social capital, to how we describe our computers' ability to “talk” with other computers. The idea of social networks has an equally wide range of applications in sociology, from formal network theory to social network data analysis. The historical development of the sociological use of the idea of social networks originated with Durkheim and Simmel, and its breadth of use is reflected in contemporary theoretical and methodological developments and applications. In its different uses, from the vernacular to its historical development to its current developments, social network theory refers to the ways in which people are connected to one another and how these connections create and define human society on all levels: the individual, the group, and the institutional
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Theoretical Research Programs
The structure of sociological theory
Social behavior
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Theory and Progress in Social Science
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Exchange and power in social life
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The Division of Labour in Society
External Status, Legitimacy, and Compliance in Male and Female Groups
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |