Sonia Livingstone and Julian Sefton-Green
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781479884575
- eISBN:
- 9781479863570
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479884575.003.0004
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
Who do children know, spend time with, or turn to in times of trouble? Who helps with homework, and who do they hang out with online? Chapter 3 constructs a “whole-class network,” finding that ...
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Who do children know, spend time with, or turn to in times of trouble? Who helps with homework, and who do they hang out with online? Chapter 3 constructs a “whole-class network,” finding that through the young people’s own spontaneous practices of mutual connection or disconnection they have sorted themselves into some relatively stable groupings that fit their personalities and interests. These are revealed to be strongly differentiated in terms of gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, in ways that are not immediately obvious. But when we explore each class member’s “ego network,” his or her position within the class network turns out to be significant only for some and superficial for many. More important, it turns out, are structures of friendship and family, though these are not always visible at school.Less
Who do children know, spend time with, or turn to in times of trouble? Who helps with homework, and who do they hang out with online? Chapter 3 constructs a “whole-class network,” finding that through the young people’s own spontaneous practices of mutual connection or disconnection they have sorted themselves into some relatively stable groupings that fit their personalities and interests. These are revealed to be strongly differentiated in terms of gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, in ways that are not immediately obvious. But when we explore each class member’s “ego network,” his or her position within the class network turns out to be significant only for some and superficial for many. More important, it turns out, are structures of friendship and family, though these are not always visible at school.
Mark Newman
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- October 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780198805090
- eISBN:
- 9780191843235
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198805090.003.0004
- Subject:
- Physics, Theoretical, Computational, and Statistical Physics
A discussion of social networks and methods for determining their structure. The chapter starts with a brief description of social networks, broadly defined, and the history of their study. Several ...
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A discussion of social networks and methods for determining their structure. The chapter starts with a brief description of social networks, broadly defined, and the history of their study. Several methods for measuring social networks are discussed, including survey instruments such as interviews and questionnaires, direct observation, and archival or historical data. Also discussed are Milgram's small-world experiment and snowball sampling techniques.Less
A discussion of social networks and methods for determining their structure. The chapter starts with a brief description of social networks, broadly defined, and the history of their study. Several methods for measuring social networks are discussed, including survey instruments such as interviews and questionnaires, direct observation, and archival or historical data. Also discussed are Milgram's small-world experiment and snowball sampling techniques.
Robert Glenn Howard
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814773086
- eISBN:
- 9780814790748
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814773086.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
In the 1990s, Marilyn Agee developed one of the most well-known amateur evangelical websites focused on the “End Times,” The Bible Prophecy Corner. Around the same time, Lambert Dolphin, a retired ...
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In the 1990s, Marilyn Agee developed one of the most well-known amateur evangelical websites focused on the “End Times,” The Bible Prophecy Corner. Around the same time, Lambert Dolphin, a retired Stanford physicist, started the website Lambert's Library to discuss with others online how to experience the divine. While Marilyn and Lambert did not initially correspond directly, they have shared several correspondents in common. Even as early as 1999 it was clear that they were members of the same online network of Christians, a virtual church built around those who embraced a common ideology. This book documents how such like-minded individuals created a large web of religious communication on the Internet, in essence developing a new type of religious movement—one without a central leader or institution. Based on over a decade of interaction with figures both large and small within this community, the book offers the first sustained ethnographic account of the movement as well as a realistic and pragmatic view of how new communication technologies can both empower and disempower the individuals who use them. By tracing the group's origins back to the email lists and “Usenet” groups of the 1980s up to the online forums of today, the book also serves as a succinct history of the development of online group communications.Less
In the 1990s, Marilyn Agee developed one of the most well-known amateur evangelical websites focused on the “End Times,” The Bible Prophecy Corner. Around the same time, Lambert Dolphin, a retired Stanford physicist, started the website Lambert's Library to discuss with others online how to experience the divine. While Marilyn and Lambert did not initially correspond directly, they have shared several correspondents in common. Even as early as 1999 it was clear that they were members of the same online network of Christians, a virtual church built around those who embraced a common ideology. This book documents how such like-minded individuals created a large web of religious communication on the Internet, in essence developing a new type of religious movement—one without a central leader or institution. Based on over a decade of interaction with figures both large and small within this community, the book offers the first sustained ethnographic account of the movement as well as a realistic and pragmatic view of how new communication technologies can both empower and disempower the individuals who use them. By tracing the group's origins back to the email lists and “Usenet” groups of the 1980s up to the online forums of today, the book also serves as a succinct history of the development of online group communications.
Lee A Bygrave
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199687343
- eISBN:
- 9780191767494
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687343.003.0005
- Subject:
- Law, Intellectual Property, IT, and Media Law
The chapter presents the second case study, this being the terms and conditions set by Facebook for using its platform. These terms and conditions—‘lex Facebook’—have become key parameters for a ...
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The chapter presents the second case study, this being the terms and conditions set by Facebook for using its platform. These terms and conditions—‘lex Facebook’—have become key parameters for a great deal of online activity. Indeed for many Internet users Facebook provides their central platform for online communication. Facebook is also increasingly used not just in recreational and domestic contexts but also in law enforcement and commercial marketing. The chapter describes the organizational, technological, and ideological background for Facebook’s contractual regime along with its relationship to other actors in the Internet governance ‘ecosystem’.Less
The chapter presents the second case study, this being the terms and conditions set by Facebook for using its platform. These terms and conditions—‘lex Facebook’—have become key parameters for a great deal of online activity. Indeed for many Internet users Facebook provides their central platform for online communication. Facebook is also increasingly used not just in recreational and domestic contexts but also in law enforcement and commercial marketing. The chapter describes the organizational, technological, and ideological background for Facebook’s contractual regime along with its relationship to other actors in the Internet governance ‘ecosystem’.
