NodeXL social media network map of the connections (follows, Replies, Mentions)

among the Twitter users who tweeted the term #gov2 on 25 March 2011.

NodeXL social media network report of the top most between people among the

Twitter users who tweeted the term #gov2 on 25 March 2011.

NodeXL social media network map of the connections (follows, Replies, Mentions)

among the Twitter users who tweeted the term #gov2 on 25 March 2011.

NodeXL social media network map of the connections (follows, Replies, Mentions) among the Twitter users who tweeted the term #opendata on 25 March 2011.

NodeXL social media network map of the top most between Twitter users

who tweeted the term #opendata on 25 March 2011.

NodeXL social media network map of the connections (follows, Replies,

Mentions) among the Twitter users who tweeted the term #opendata on

25 March 2011.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amycgx/3119640267/

Many archives collect content but not the connections that link them (i.e. tweets but

not follows/followers).

Location, Location, Location

Network of connections among “SharePoint” mentioning Twitter users

Position, Position, Position

There are many kinds of ties….

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevendepolo/3254238329

“Think Link”Nodes & Edges

Is related to

A BIn and Out Degree

World Wide Web

Each contains one or more social networks

NodeXL: Network Overview, Discovery and Exploration for Excel

Leverage spreadsheet for storage of edge and vertex data

http://www.codeplex.com/nodexl

Social Media Research FoundationOpen Tools, Open Data, Open Scholarship

Social Media Research Foundationhttp://smrfoundation.org

Now Available

Communities in Cyberspace

NodeXLFree/Open Social Network Analysis add-in for Excel 2007 makes graph theory as

easy as a bar chart, integrated analysis of social media sources.http://nodexl.codeplex.com

Import from multiple social media network

sources

Connections among words tweeted by “red” and “blue” people who tweeted “Bachmann” on January 25, 2011

Social Media Research Foundation

• Tools:– NodeXL– ThreadMill

• Data– Twitter networks

• Scholarship– Publications

Help us: Join the data collection federation! Upload data sets to our archive! Try the tools!

Links!

• Download NodeXL:– http://nodexl.codeplex.com/

• Images of social media networks:– http://www.flickr.com/photos/marc_smith/sets/72157622437066929/

• Social Media Research Foundation:– http://www.smrfoundation.org/

• Connected Action Group:– http://www.connectedaction.net/

• Slides!– http://www.slideshare.net/Marc_A_Smith