Using Names Lists for Social Network Analysis

Authors

  • Megan Lewis U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC, US

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2532-8816/9040

Abstract

In this paper, I discuss using digital names lists compiled from analog sources for social network analysis. Using examples from finding aids of archival collections, I demonstrate how social network analysis can show relationships and contrasts between different datasets of names or be used to show relationships within a single set of names. Data visualization tools such as Gephi aid in the analysis and present the relationships in an easily understandable way. Exposing relationships between collections or within a collection increases its findability.

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Published

2019-03-01

How to Cite

Lewis, M. (2019). Using Names Lists for Social Network Analysis. Umanistica Digitale, 3(4). https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2532-8816/9040