Category Archives: Network Studies

Writing Zapatismo

Riedner, Rachel. “Affective Encounters: Writing Zapatismo.” JAC 27.3-4 (2007): 637-664. Print.

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The Battle of Seattle

Solnit, David, Rebecca Solnit, Anuaradha Mittal, Chris Dixon, Stephanie Guilloud, and Chris Borte. The Battle of the Story of The Battle of Seattle. Oakland, CA: AK Press, 2009. Print.

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Zapatista rhetorics

Conant, Jeff. A Poetics of Resistance: The Revolutionary Public Relations of the Zapatista Insurgency. Oakland, CA: AK Press, 2010. Print.
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Stasis

Graham, S. Scott and Carl G. Herndl. “Talking Off-Label: The Role of Stasis in Transforming the Discursive Formation of Pain Science.” Rhetoric Society Quarterly 41.2 (2011): 145-167. Print.
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Network Studies (part four)

Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks
Mark Buchanan

Against Essentialism: A Theory of Culture and Society
Stephan Fuchs
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Network Studies (part three)

Connected, or What It Means to Live in the Network Society
Steven Shaviro

Toward a Structural Theory of Action: Network Modes of Social Strcuture, Perception, and Action
Ronald S. Burt

Structural Holes: The Social Structure of Competition
Ronald S. Burt

Theories of Communication Networks
Peter R. Monge
Noshir S. Contractor

Small Worlds: The Dynamics of Networks between Order and Randomness
Duncan J. Watts
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Network Studies (part two)

“Communities, Audiences, and Scale”
http://shirky.com/writings/community_scale.html
Clay Shirky

“The Semantic Web, Syllogism, and Worldview”
http://www.shirky.com/writings/semantic_syllogism.html
Clay Shirky

“The Toughest Virus of All”
http://www.shirky.com/writings/toughest_virus.html
Clay Shirky

“Institutions vs. Collaboration.”

Clay Shirky

“How Social Media Can Make History”

Clay Shirky

“Here Comes Everybody”
http://fora.tv/2008/07/06/Clay_Shirky_Here_Comes_Everybody_1_of_4
Clay Shirky

“Social Networks and the Obama Campaign”
http://fora.tv/2008/07/06/Clay_Shirky_Here_Comes_Everybody_2_of_4
Clay Shirky

“Social Networks and Politics”
http://fora.tv/2008/07/06/Clay_Shirky_Here_Comes_Everybody_3_of_4
Clay Shirky

“Social Networks like Facebook and Myspace”
http://fora.tv/2008/07/06/Clay_Shirky_Here_Comes_Everybody_4_of_4
Clay Shirky

The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transfoms Markets and Freedoms
Yochai Benkler

Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
Bruno Latour
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Network Studies (part one)

Social Movements and Networks: Relational Approaches to Collective Action
Eds. Mario Diani and Doug McAdam
Introduction
“Why do Networks Matter? Rationalist and Structuralist Interpretations”
Roger V. Gould.
“Cross-talk in Movements: Re conceiving the Culture-Network Link”
Ann Mische
“Beyond Structural Analysis: Toward a More Dynamic Understanding of Social Movements”
Doug McAdam
“Networks and Social Movements: A Research Programme”
Mario Diani

“A Theory of Structure, Duality, Agency, and Transformation”
William H. Sewell, Jr.

A Thousand Plateaus
“1. Introduction: Rhizome”
Gilles Deleuze
Felix Guatari

Network: Theorizing Knowledge Work in Telecommunications
Clay Spinuzzi

The Exploit: A Theory of Networks
Alexander R. Galloway and Eugene Thacker

Linked
Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

Information Ecologies: Using Technology with Heart
Bonnie A. Nardi and Vicki L. O’Day

“A Simple Model of Global Cascades on Random Networks”
Duncan J. Watts

“A Theory of Relational Signals in Online Groups”
Uwe Matzat

“Community and Social Interaction in the Wireless City: Wi-Fi Use in Public and Semi-Public Spaces”
Keith Hampton and Neeti Gupta

“CommunityNetSimulator”
Jun Zhang, Mark S. Ackerman, and Lada Adamic

“Cooperation in Evolving Networks”
Nobuyuki Hanaki, Alexander Peterhansl, Peter S. Dodds, Duncan J. Watts

“Information Exchange and the Robustness of Organizational Networks”
Peter S. Dodds, Duncan J. Watts, and Charles F. Sabel

“Localizing the Internet”
John Postill

“Mail Art: Networking Without Technology”
Seeta Pena Gangadharan

“Mapping the Blogosphere”
Stephen D. Reese, Lou Rutigliano, Kideuk Hyun, and Jaekwan Jeong

“Myth and the Zapatista Movement: Exploring a Network Identity”
Adrienne Russell

“New Media, Networking, and Phatic Culture”
Vincent Miller

“Online Networks of Student Protest: The Case of the Living Wage Program”
J. Patrick Biddix and Han Woo Park

“Structural Holes are Good Ideas”
Ronald S. Burt

“The Contingent Value of Social Capital”
Ronald S. Burt

“The New Science of Networks”
Duncan J. Watts

“The Social Capital of Opinion Leaders”
Ronald S. Burt

“The Very Small World Well-Connected”
Xiolan Shi, Matthew Bonner, Lada Acamic, and Anna C. Gilbert

“The Virtual Geography of Social Networks”
Zizi Papacharissi
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