A social network is a social structure made up of individuals (or organizations) called ""nodes,"" which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige. Social network analysis views social relationships in terms of network theory consisting of nodes and ties (also called edges, links, or connections). Nodes are the individual actors within the networks, and ties are the relationships between the actors. The resulting graph-based structures are often very complex. There can be many kinds of ties between the nodes. Research in a number of academic fields has shown that social networks operate on many levels, from families up to the level of nations, and play a critical role in determining the way problems are solved, organizations are run, and the degree to which individuals succeed in achieving their goals. This book is your ultimate resource for Social networks. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Social networks right away, covering: Social network, Enterprise social networking, Followmy.tv, Social networking potential, Assortative mixing, At Home day, Jay Baer, Barabasi-Albert model, Bix.com, Blomap, Bridge (interpersonal), Bring Light, Ronald Stuart Burt, Business and employment co-operative, Business ecosystem, Canal Contemporaneo, CAPA-alpha, Chris Heuer, Cisco Eos, City network, Citysocialising, Colalife, Collaboration graph, Collaborative consumption, Collaborative finance, Commonground (social network), Community recognition, Complex contagion, Consequential strangers, Contact network, Coolspotters, CUNY Academic Commons, Distributed social network, DJ Tutor, EFactor.com, EgoNet, Entrepreneurial network, Erdo s number, Erdo s-Bacon number, European Women's Management Development, Expatica, Fab (social network), File sharing, First Tuesday (networking forum), Fremont Arts Council, Friend of a friend, Friendship paradox, Galaxy chat, Geosocial networking, Giant Global Graph, Gnip, Gnomedex (conference), Keith Hampton, Helping Angels, Hookt, Hub Culture, Information Routing Group, Interlac (APA), Interlock diagram, International Network for Social Network Analysis, ITunes Ping, Jewish geography, Katz centrality, Koofers, Krackhardt E/I Ratio, Ladies who lunch, Lateral communication, Lateral diffusion, Lateral media, Learnhub, Let's Adopt, LinkExpats, Little People of Canada, Lost Zombies, Mahara (software), The Mix Network, Mobikade, Mobile Monday, Mobile social address book, Mobimii, Myzerr, Amber Naslund, Net-Map Toolbox, Nirvino, MOSH, Norwescon, Online learning community, Open Salon, Opie Gets Laid, Organizational network analysis, Penny Arcade Expo, Person-to-person lending, Personal knowledge networking, Personal Network, PicDial, RadCon, List of social network researchers, Rhizome (philosophy), Science fiction fandom, Science Fiction Fantasy Short Film Festival, ScuttlePad, Dan Serfaty, Sexual network, SgBEAT, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, Small world experiment, Snooth, Social capital, Social commerce, Social data revolution, Social exchange theory, Social graph, Social invisibility, Social network aggregation, Social network analysis software, Social network automation, Social network change detection, Social network game, Social occultation, Social pyramid, Social television, Social-circles network model, SpoCon, Steamcon, Structural cohesion, Structural endogamy...and much more This book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of Social networks. It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of Social networks with the objectivity of experienced professionals.