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Suggested readings for “Social Network” Analysis
February 26, 2015 | 2 Comments
Hi. In light of the readings concerning Facebook and the split between offline and online selves, I think that it would be a good idea to suggest a book that may help us ‘theorize’ our understanding of how social networks work. I included this book because it concerns itself more with theory than ‘application’ or other utilitarian, quotidian concerns. It admittedly has a notorious reputation for boring people to tears. However, one may profit from it by reading it at least once. It helps the reader to grapple with abstract and theoretical terminology. (That is, after all, what Graduate School is mainly about.) It is also written by a very famous sociologist who is now dead, unfortunately.
The book is Talcott Parsons’ “The Social System.”
P.S. I also found a book on the concept of Oversharing. It is “Oversharing: Presentations of Self in the Internet Age” by Ben Agger. You can find it on Amazon.com.
-John Paul Varacalli
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Andrew Garfield’s Eduardo Saverin character from The Social Network talking about the idea of Facebook: “In a world where social structure was everything, that was the thing.”
Great suggestions for further research/ reading!