Discovering perceptions of personal social networks through diagrams

Authors:
Lixiu Yu;Jeffrey V. Nickerson;Barbara Tversky
Affiliations:
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ;Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ;Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Venue:
Diagrams'10 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Diagrammatic representation and inference
Year:
2010

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Abstract

By examining diagrams created by study participants, we can gain insight into their perceptions of their personal social networks. In this study, we found that participants made use of both position and distance to differentiate the roles of those in their networks and express intimacy. This work has implication for both the elicitation and visualization of social networks.