Social Media and Network Science

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Identify and analyse social network characteristics

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Establish the potential of social networking technologies in specific contexts and domains
• Communicate current societal challenges and anticipate emerging challenges
• Articulate appropriate frameworks for the analysis of particular social networks

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critique existing software systems and infrastructures
• Reflect on the broader social and personal implications of a technology

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Critical consideration of the social and personal consequences of social media
• Methodologies for social network analysis
• Ways in which social network can influence developments in domains such as e-learning, enterprise and media

The topics covered will reflect the latest research and development activities in social networking.

Including:

• History of Social Networking Technologies and the Web
• Digital Literacy
• Online social networks and business
• Graph theory and social networks
• Game theory and social networks
• Network dynamics
• Linked Data and the Social Semantic Web (FOAF, SKOS, etc.)
• Privacy and identity in online social networks
• Power and trust in online social networks

Lectures

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.