class presentation on project proposal using social network analysis

1. Research Problem Social media…. Not all relationships (or social roles) are equal in a community Not all CMC formats are equal Questions What are interaction patterns in online health social networking? How varied are patterns across multiple CMC formats?

2. Data Set MedHelp.org Alcoholism Community 3 CMC formats in Social Media Forums Journals Notes

3. Method Positional Analysis (group users based on activity) social position: sets of actors with similar ties to others social role: systems of ties between actors or positions Blockmodeling Structural Equivalence Reciprocity in Light Support & Deep Support (Pfiel & Zaphiris, 2009) doi:10.1016/j.chb.2009.05.001