This document discusses mapping and measuring social media networks to identify important positions and structures. It introduces Marc Smith and the NodeXL tool for network analysis and visualization. The Social Media Research Foundation aims to create an open archive of social media network data and tools to study these networks.

1. Charting Collections of Connections in Social Media: Mapping and measuring social media networks to find key positions and structuresMarc A. SmithChief Social ScientistConnected Action Consulting Groupmarc@connectedaction.nethttp://www.connectedaction.nethttp://www.codeplex.com/nodexlA project from the Social Media Research Foundation: http://www.smrfoundation.org

2. About MeSocial Media Research FoundationIntroductionsMarc A. SmithChief Social ScientistConnected Action Consulting GroupMarc@connectedaction.nethttp://www.connectedaction.nethttp://www.codeplex.com/nodexlhttp://www.twitter.com/marc_smithhttp://delicious.com/marc_smith/Paperhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/marc_smithhttp://www.facebook.com/marc.smith.sociologisthttp://www.linkedin.com/in/marcasmithhttp://www.slideshare.net/Marc_A_Smithhttp://www.smrfoundation.org

3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3295494976/sizes/o/in/photostream/

4. Many archives collect content but not the connections that link them (i.e. tweets but not follows/followers).http://www.flickr.com/photos/amycgx/3119640267/

6. Location, Location, Location

7. Network of connections among “SharePoint” mentioning Twitter usersPosition, Position, Position

8. Archiving connections is possible- but few of the resellers or archives of social media do so.Does the Library of Congresshave the Links in addition to theTweets?

9. There are many kinds of ties….http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevendepolo/3254238329

10. “Think Link”Nodes & EdgesIs related toBAIn and Out Degree

11. Each contains one or more social networksWorld Wide Web

12. NodeXL: Network Overview, Discovery and Exploration for ExcelLeverage spreadsheet for storage of edge and vertex datahttp://www.codeplex.com/nodexl

13. For GraphML

14. Social Media Research FoundationOpen Tools, Open Data, Open Scholarship

15. Social Media Research Foundationhttp://smrfoundation.org

16. Now Available

17. Communities in Cyberspace

18. NodeXLFree/Open Social Network Analysis add-in for Excel 2007 makes graph theory as easy as a bar chart, integrated analysis of social media sources.http://nodexl.codeplex.com

25. Import from multiple social media networksources

26. Social network of connections among people who tweet “Bachmann” on January 25, 2011

27. Connections among words tweeted by “red” and “blue” people who tweeted “Bachmann” on January 25, 2011

28. We envision hundreds of NodeXL data collectors around the world collectively generating a free and open archive of social media network snapshots on a wide range of topics.http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Photos/071012/071012_telescope_hmed_3p.jpg

29. Social Media Research FoundationTools:NodeXLThreadMillDataTwitter networksScholarshipPublicationsHelp us: Join the data collection federation!

30. Upload data sets to our archive!

31. Try the tools!Links!Download NodeXL:http://nodexl.codeplex.com/Images of social media networks:http://www.flickr.com/photos/marc_smith/sets/72157622437066929/Social Media Research Foundation:http://www.smrfoundation.org/Connected Action Group:http://www.connectedaction.net/Slides!http://www.slideshare.net/Marc_A_Smith

32. Charting Collections of Connections in Social Media: Mapping and measuring social media networks to find key positions and structuresMarc A. SmithChief Social ScientistConnected Action Consulting Groupmarc@connectedaction.nethttp://www.connectedaction.nethttp://www.codeplex.com/nodexlA project from the Social Media Research Foundation: http://www.smrfoundation.org