The central form of communication on social network sites (SNS) is with and through images. Accordingly, this book highlights images and image-based communication on SNS, such as Facebook, and on nightlife platforms, such as Tilllate. First, the contributors analyze the two central image categories in depth: profile images and photo albums. What follows is the portrayal of dramaturgical and staging strategies of the (semi) professional photography on the nightlife platforms, which leads to an evaluation of the importance of the international glamour photography as a parameter of private photographic self-expression. Other questions that are pondered in the book include: Which functions and meanings do images have for the communications between users on social network sites? To what extent... Less

Start your preparation for Cisco's new CCENT entry-level networking certification, your entry point into Cisco's popular CCNA certification track. This comprehensive study guide from leading Cisco authority Todd Lammle thoroughly prepares you for the Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices, Part 1 exam (640-822) and the start of a career, with pages of exam essentials, real-world scenarios, and hands-on exercises. Topics include the operation of data networks, how to implement both switched and routed networks, and much more.

Free Worldwide Delivery : Social Network Analysis : Paperback : Sage Publications Ltd : 9780761963394 : 0761963391 : 25 Mar 2000 : The revised and updated edition of this bestselling text provides an accessible introduction to the theory and practice of network analysis in the social sciences. It gives an authoritative guide to the general framework of network analysis, explaining the basic concepts, technical measures and reviewing the available computer programs.

Social networks provide a powerful abstraction of the structure and dynamics of diverse kinds of people or people-to-technolo gy interaction. Web 2.0 has enabled a new generation of web-based communities, social networks, and folksonomies to facilitate collaboration among different communities. This unique text/reference compares and contrasts the ethological approach to social behavior in animals with web-based evidence of social interaction, perceptual learning, information granulation, the behavior of humans and affinities between web-based social networks. An international team of leading experts present the latest advances of various topics in intelligent- social-networks and illustrates how organizations can gain competitive advantages by applying the different emergent techniques... Less

Free Worldwide Delivery : Social and Economic Networks : Paperback : The University Press Group Ltd : 9780691148205 : 0691148201 : 01 Jan 2011 : Networks of relationships help determine the careers that people choose, the jobs they obtain, the products they buy, and how they vote. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to social and economic networks, drawing on the findings in economics, sociology, computer science, physics, and mathematics.

With rapid commercialization , a booming urban economy, and the relaxation of state migration policies, over 100 million peasants, known as China’s “floating population,” have streamed into large cities seeking employment and a better life. This massive flow of rural migrants directly challenges Chinese socialist modes of state control.This book traces the profound transformations of space, power relations, and social networks within a mobile population that has broken through the constraints of the government’s household registration system. The author explores this important social change through a detailed ethnographic account of the construction, destruction, and eventual reconstruction of the largest migrant community in Beijing. She focuses on the informal privatization of space... Less

In the era of such online spaces as Facebook, Instant Messenger, Live Journal, Blogger, Web Shots, and campus blogs, college students are using these resources and other online sites as a social medium. Inevitably, this medium presents students with ethical decisions about social propriety, self disclosure and acceptable behaviour. Because online social networking sites have proven problematic for college students and for college administrators, this book aims to offer professional guidance to Higher Education administrators and policy makers. Online Social Networking on Campus: Understanding what matters in student culture is a professional guide for Higher Education faculty and Student Affairs administrators, which rigorously examines college students’ use of online social networking... Less

Free Worldwide Delivery : Exploring Animal Social Networks : Paperback : Princeton University Press : 9780691127521 : 0691127522 : 01 Aug 2008 : Suitable for researchers, undergraduates, and graduate students in ecology, evolutionary biology, animal behavior, and zoology. This book enables researchers to probe animal social structure at various levels, from the individual to the population.

Request a FREE 30-day online trial to this title at www.sagepub. com/freetrialThis two-volume encyclopedia provides a thorough introduction to the wide-ranging, fast-developing field of social networking, a much-needed resource at a time when new social networks or “communities” seem to spring up on the internet every day. Social networks, or groupings of individuals tied by one or more specific types of interests or interdependencies ranging from likes and dislikes, or disease transmission to the “old boy” network or overlapping circles of friends, have been in existence for longer than services such as Facebook or YouTube; analysis of these networks emphasizes the relationships within the network . This reference resource offers comprehensive coverage of the theory and research within... Less

Relationships and the pattern of relationships have a large and varied influence on both individual and group action. The fundamental distinction of social network analysis research is that relationships are of paramount importance in explaining behavior. Because of this, social network analysis offers many exciting tools and techniques for research and practice in a wide variety of medical and public health situations including organizational improvements, understanding risk behaviors, coordinating coalitions, and the delivery of health care services. This book provides an introduction to the major theories, methods, models, and findings of social network analysis research and application. In three sections, it presents a comprehensive overview of the topic; first in a survey of its... Less