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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Social Network Analysis: The Networks Connecting People
University of Groningen and University of Warsaw
This course explored the structure and properties of social networks, as well as the different influences that travel through these networks. The course introduced the basic principles of social networks, and gave an introduction in the use of social computational models to explore different phenomena of social networks, such as the diffusion of innovation and clustering.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Wander Jager
Associate Professor
University of Groningen
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Compare how different network structures affect social dynamics
- Identify how key properties of social networks connect with the spreading of different influences such as viruses, norms and properties of products
- Experiment with different social influences and network structures and how they impact diffusion dynamics
- Assess situations where “small scale tribal mechanisms” such as local norms have an impact on global network dynamics
Syllabus
- Network structures
- Social dynamics
- Types of exchanges
- Social influence
- Local norms versus global network dynamics
Issued on 2nd September 2021
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