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Social Network Construction in the Information Age: Views and Perspectives

Social Network Construction in the Information Age: Views and Perspectives

Michael Farrugia, Neil Hurley, Diane Payne, Aaron Quigley
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781613505137|ISBN10: 1613505132|EISBN13: 9781613505144
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-513-7.ch009
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Farrugia, Michael, et al. "Social Network Construction in the Information Age: Views and Perspectives." Social Network Mining, Analysis, and Research Trends: Techniques and Applications, edited by I-Hsien Ting, et al., IGI Global, 2012, pp. 131-155. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-513-7.ch009

APA

Farrugia, M., Hurley, N., Payne, D., & Quigley, A. (2012). Social Network Construction in the Information Age: Views and Perspectives. In I. Ting, T. Hong, & L. Wang (Eds.), Social Network Mining, Analysis, and Research Trends: Techniques and Applications (pp. 131-155). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-513-7.ch009

Chicago

Farrugia, Michael, et al. "Social Network Construction in the Information Age: Views and Perspectives." In Social Network Mining, Analysis, and Research Trends: Techniques and Applications, edited by I-Hsien Ting, Tzung-Pei Hong, and Leon Shyue-Liang Wang, 131-155. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-513-7.ch009

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Abstract

In this chapter, the authors will discuss the differences between manual data collection and electronic data collection to understand the advantages and the challenges brought by electronic social network data. They will discuss in detail the processes that are used to transform electronic data to social network data and the procedures that can be used to validate the resultant social network.

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