Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL: Insights from a Connected World
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (686 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0123822297 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He is the author and coauthor of many books, technical papers, and textbooks. Ben Shneiderman is a professor in the Department of Computer Science, head of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, and member of the Institutes for Advanced Computer Studies and Systems Research at the University of Maryland, College Park
Five Stars I love this BOOK!! Check out my network models of the Zika virus in the NodeXL galleries.. A thorough and practical guide to using NodeXL while explaining the theory and practical applications behind each step Intended to be an introduction and guide to the application of social network analysis (SNA) to the realm of social media, readers interested in how we can use methodologies of SNA and mathematical applications of graph and networking theory, to analyze the social media networks that form when individuals link-up or respond to each other, will want to purchase and study this book.First, some background notes. This book has its roots in the work of an organization that has received generous funding support from Microsoft, called The Social Media Research Foundation. The Foundation has made significant progress in the development of open tools. "Outstanding Publication on Network Analysis" according to Dr Graham A Durant-Law CSC. I've been using NodeXL , which is a plug-in for Excel, for some time now. It just keeps getting better and better, and has become one of my network analysis tools of choice and one of the tools we use in HyperEdge Pty Ltd . I therefore had no hesitation in pre-ordering "Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL: Insights from a Connected World" by Derek Hansen, Ben Shneiderman, and Marc Smith. Undoubtedly this is one of the better network analysis books on the market, and I unreservedly give it five stars. It is all the more better because it provides a comprehensive tutorial over several chapters on how to get the best from NodeXL.The boo
Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL offers backgrounds in information studies, computer science, and sociology. Also included here is social network analysis, which flows from measuring, to mapping, and modeling collections of connections. The next part focuses on the detailed operation of the free and open-source NodeXL extension of Microsoft Excel, which is used in all exercises throughout this book. This book is divided into three parts: analyzing social media, NodeXL tutorial, and social-me
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. Furthermore, the book is a nice tutorial on an interesting tool that readers can experiment with on their own. 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. "Hansen, Shneiderman, and Smith, along with their collaborators, have written a readable introduction to the field of social media network analysis. Th