***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/ ***** Hi SocNetters, Can any of you suggest one or more commonly accepted definitions of what characterizes a social network both in terms of boundaries and in terms of composition characteristics? Thank you, L. Colburn, Ph.D. Email:[log in to unmask] _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.