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The National Communication Association Distinguished Scholar award was bestowed upon SONIC Director, Noshir Contractor, at the 100th annual NCA conference held in Chicago, IL on November 20-23, 2014. This is a great honor not only for Professor Contractor, but also for the entirety of the SONIC research group. Congratulations Noshir! The [...]

The National Communication Association Distinguished Scholar award was bestowed upon SONIC Director, Noshir Contractor, at the 100th annual NCA conference held in Chicago, IL on November 20-23, 2014. This is a great honor not only for Professor Contractor, but also for the entirety of the SONIC research group. Congratulations Noshir! The [...]

Twitter announced last week that it will now make all tweets since the launch of the site in 2006 publically searchable to all users. Although the new search function is still in the works, this massive archive of tweets could mean more accessible datasets for social network researchers. From this [...]

Twitter announced last week that it will now make all tweets since the launch of the site in 2006 publically searchable to all users. Although the new search function is still in the works, this massive archive of tweets could mean more accessible datasets for social network researchers. From this [...]

McFarland used two different datasets (one looking at classroom level and one looking at school level friendships) to analyze the network ecology of tie formation. His team found that larger school size and greater freedom to choose activities resulted in more homophily, while small school size and a more prescriptive [...]

McFarland used two different datasets (one looking at classroom level and one looking at school level friendships) to analyze the network ecology of tie formation. His team found that larger school size and greater freedom to choose activities resulted in more homophily, while small school size and a more prescriptive [...]

Article available at: http://abs.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/11/14/0002764214556804

Article available at: http://abs.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/11/14/0002764214556804