Definitions of social network:

• The personal or professional set of relationships between individuals. Social networks represent both a collection of ties between people and the strength of those ties. Often used as a measure of social "connectedness", recognising social networks assists in determining how information moves throughout groups, and how trust can be established and fostered.

• Refers to structural characteristics such as proximity to others, frequency of social contact and the type of relationship (eg spouse, confidant, relative, friend, group).

• A web of interconnected people who directly or indirectly interact with or influence the student and family. May include but is not limited to family, teachers and other school staff, friends, neighbors, community contacts, and professional support.

• A social network is a map of the relationships between individuals, indicating the ways in which they are connected through various social familiarities ranging from casual acquaintance to close familial bonds. The term was first coined in 1954 by J. A. Barnes (in: Class and Committees in a Norwegian Island Parish, "Human Relations"). URL WHERE EWG FOUND THIS INFORMATION: Click here to see where she got this information.

• The interrelationships of people in some manner, whether by family, work or interests.URL WHERE EWG FOUND THIS INFORMATION: Click here to see where she got this information.

• Social Networks is an interdisciplinary and international quarterly. It provides a common forum for representatives of anthropology, sociology, history, social psychology, political science, human geography, biology, economics, communications science and other disciplines who share an interest in the study of the structure of human relations and associations that may be expressed in network form.

• It publishes both theoretical and substantive papers. Critical reviews of major theoretical or methodological approaches using the notion of networks in the analysis of human behavior are also included, as are reviews of recent books dealing with social networks and social structure.URL WHERE CAYU FOUND THIS INFORMATION: Click here to see where she got this information.

• A social network is a social structure made of nodes which are generally individuals or organizations. It indicates the ways in which they are connected through various social familiarities ranging from casual acquaintance to close familial bonds. The term was first coined in 1954 by J. A. Barnes (in: Class and Committees in a Norwegian Island Parish, "Human Relations"). The maximum size of social networks tends to be around 150 people and the average size around 124 (Hill and Dunbar, 2002). URL WHERE CAYU FOUND THIS INFORMATION: Click here to see where she got this information.

• The personal or professional set of relationships between individuals. Social networks represent both a collection of ties between people and the strength of those ties.

• Often used as a measure of social "connectedness", recognizing social networks assists in determining how information moves throughout groups, and how trust can be established and fostered. URL WHERE CAYU FOUND THIS INFORMATION: Click here to see where she got this information.

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Question 3: Why do we have social networks?
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Answer to question 1: A Web of interconnected people who directly or indirectly interact with or influence the student and family. May include but is not limited to family, teachers and other school staff, friends, neighbors, community contacts, and professional support. Click here to see where CAYU got this information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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