***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** Dear all, the discussion here on network structure and patterns was very intriguing. In a similar vein, I'm trying to find literature that discuss the validity of infering "real" social networks from online data. A search on google.scholar did not turn up much. I've read the articles by danah boyd about the public displays of connection and wonder if there are similar articles. Can somebody point me in this direction? Thanks a lot in advance! Cora Schaefer ---- Dipl.-Psych. Cora Schaefer Informationsdienste und elektronische Märkte Fakultät für Wirtschaftwissenschaften Universität Karlsruhe (TH) D - 76128 Karlsruhe Gebäude 20.20 RZ (Raum 152), Zirkel 2 Telefon: +49.721.608-8444 Telefax: +49.721.608-8403 [log in to unmask] http://www.em.uni-karlsruhe.de http://ime.uni-karlsruhe.de _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.