The social network is a theoretical construct useful in the social sciences to study relationships between individuals, groups, organizations, or even entire societies (social units, see differentiation). The term is used to describe a See more

Imported theories
Various theoretical frameworks have been imported for the use of social network analysis. The most prominent of these are Graph theory See more

• Bibliography of sociology
• Blockmodeling
• Business networking See more

In the late 1890s, both Émile Durkheim and Ferdinand Tönnies foreshadowed the idea of social networks in their theories and research of See more

In general, social networks are self-organizing, emergent, and complex, such that a globally coherent pattern appears from the local … See more

In the context of networks, social capital exists where people have an advantage because of their location in a network. Contacts in a … See more

Art Networks
Research has used network analysis to examine networks created when artists are exhibited together in museum exhibition. Such … See more