社会科学におけるネットワーク分析
Stephen P Borgatti1, Ajay Mehra, Daniel J Brass
1LINKS Center for Network Research in Business, Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0034, USA. sborgatti@uky.edu
まとめ
ソーシャルネットワークの分析は,多くの分野における社会現象の貴重な説明を提供します. このレビューでは,物理科学と社会科学の研究者のためのその応用,仮定,目標について説明します.
科学分野:
- 社会科学 社会科学とは
- 物理科学 物理科学とは
- インターディシピナリな研究
背景:
- ネットワークリサーチは,過去10年間にわたり,科学分野全体で人気が高まっています.
- ソーシャルネットワーク理論は,多様な社会現象の説明を提供し,心理学から経済学に至る分野に影響を与えます.
- ソーシャルネットワーク分析 (SNA) は,社会的構造と相互作用を理解するためにますます利用されています.
研究 の 目的:
- 社会科学におけるソーシャルネットワーク分析の応用をレビューする.
- SNAの基本的前提,目的,メカニズムを記述する.
- ネットワーク現象に関する学際的な対話を促進する.
主な方法:
- ソーシャルネットワーク分析アプリケーションに関する文献レビュー.
- SNAにおける主要な概念と方法論の統合.
- ソーシャルネットワーク研究における共通の説明の枠組みの特定.
主要な成果:
- SNAは,幅広い社会的現象を説明するために適用されています.
- 共通の前提には,関係や構造の重要性が含まれています.
- 説明的メカニズムは,しばしば拡散,影響,構造的同等性に焦点を当てている.
結論:
- ソーシャルネットワークの分析は,社会的行動を理解するための強力なツールです.
- さらなる学際的な協力は,ネットワーク科学を前進させることができます.
- ネットワークの前例と結果を理解することは,科学的進歩にとって極めて重要です.
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