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To date, most network research contains one or more of five major problems. First, it tends to be atheoretical, ignoring the various social theories that contain network implications. Second, it explores single levels of analysis rather than the multiple levels out of which most networks are comprised. Third, network analysis has employed very little the insights from contemporary complex systems analysis and computer simulations. Foruth, it typically uses descriptive rather than inferential statistics, thus robbing it of the ability to make claims about the larger universe of networks. Finally, almost all the research is static and cross-sectional rather than dynamic. Theories of Communication Networks presents solutions to all five problems. The authors develop a multitheoretical model that relates different social science theories with different network properties. This model is multilevel, providing a network decomposition that applies the various social theories to all network le

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PART I: THE MULTITHEORETICAL, MULTILEVEL FRAMEWORK; PART II: SOCIAL THEORIES FOR STUDYING COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; PART III: INTEGRATION

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
      Publication Date: 5/15/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780195160376, 978-0195160376
      ISBN10: 0195160371
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      Book Synopsis
      To date, most network research contains one or more of five major problems. First, it tends to be atheoretical, ignoring the various social theories that contain network implications. Second, it explores single levels of analysis rather than the multiple levels out of which most networks are comprised. Third, network analysis has employed very little the insights from contemporary complex systems analysis and computer simulations. Foruth, it typically uses descriptive rather than inferential statistics, thus robbing it of the ability to make claims about the larger universe of networks. Finally, almost all the research is static and cross-sectional rather than dynamic. Theories of Communication Networks presents solutions to all five problems. The authors develop a multitheoretical model that relates different social science theories with different network properties. This model is multilevel, providing a network decomposition that applies the various social theories to all network le

      Table of Contents
      PART I: THE MULTITHEORETICAL, MULTILEVEL FRAMEWORK; PART II: SOCIAL THEORIES FOR STUDYING COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; PART III: INTEGRATION

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