Social networks
Guide
Circles of Support: a guide on starting a circle of support
A comprehensive guide to establishing and maintaining intentional support networks for people with disability. It outlines the purpose, benefits and practical steps for creating a Circle of Support. A circle of support involves a group of people coming together to help formulate, promote and support the goals of a person with disability.
Journal article
Bridging the relationship gap: using social network theories to inform library services for graduate students
This article provides practical, relationship-driven options for increasing librarians’ engagement with graduate students.
Report
Social influences on gamblers by risk group: an egocentric social network analysis
This study is the first to consider and directly compare the social networks of non-gamblers and non-problem, low risk, moderate risk and problem gamblers. It highlights the distinct role of social influence, likely through normalisation and social selection, not just of gambling, but also experiencing gambling-related harms.
Report
Bots in the Twittersphere
Twitter bots are accounts that can post content or interact with other users in an automated way and without direct human input. This study focuses on a particular kind of bot behavior - bots that tweet or retweet links to content around the web.
Report
Sources shared on Twitter: a case study on immigration
As news organisations battle charges of 'fake news' and face low levels of trust from a skeptical public, this study suggests that news outlets still play the largest role in content that gets shared on Twitter, at least when it comes to one contentious issue in the news - immigration.