***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** Hi, Lin, I am learning about this, too. Here is a short list that I have compiled on the topic. Hope it is helpful: - Wellman, B. (1983). Network analysis: Some basic principles. Sociological Theory, 1, 155-200. - Robins, G., Pattison, P., & Elliott, P. (2001). Network models for social influence processes. Psychometrika, 66(2), 161-189. doi: 10.1007/bf02294834 - Oliveira, M., & Gama, J. (2012). An overview of social network analysis. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, 2(2), 99-115. doi: 10.1002/widm.1048 - Marin, A., & Wellman, B. (2010). Social network analysis: An introduction. In P. Carrington & J. Scott (Eds.), Handbook of social network analysis. London, UK: Sage. - Butts, C. T. (2009). Revisiting the foundations of network analysis. Science, 325, 414-416. - Butts, C. T. (2008). Social network analysis: A methodological introduction. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 11, 13-41. - Borgatti, S. P., Mehra, A., Brass, D. J., & Labianca, G. (2009). Network analysis in the social sciences. Science, 323, 892-895. - Borgatti, S. P., & Foster, P. C. (2003). The network paradigm in organizational research: A review and typology. Journal of Management, 29(6), 991-1013. -- CHI RUOBING Interdisciplinary Program of Communication and Information Science University of Hawaii at Manoa 1711 East-West Road, #820 Honolulu, HI 96848-1711 U.S.A. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The glass is neither half-full or half empty. It has always been full. There is water and air in it. There is also sunshine goes through it. It's only a matter of perspective you take.* _____________________________________________________________________ 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.