Analyzing Social Networks via the Internet

Provides a comprehensive methodological framework for analyzing social networks using internet-based data, covering ego networks, blogs, email, and social networking sites. Establishes best practices for online social network analysis at a moment when these methods were emerging but not yet standardized.

Serves as the entry point for social researchers encountering online network analysis for the first time, translating technical concepts into accessible methodology. By appearing in a widely-used methods handbook, it ensures that social network analysis is understood as a standard tool in the online research toolkit rather than a specialist technique.