In this blog post I will focus on the three key challenges which – I believe – will be encountered in each investigative SNA project and which are most relevant in relation to social media data. However, in spite of the concise and understandable manner in which Zinke explained SNA, there is a number of challenges with the use of SNA on social media data for investigations that deserve more attention. Even worse, it is also sometimes conflated with ‘link-analysis’ which is completely different field altogether. I was happy to see SNA being discussed in more detail because too often SNA is just referred to as a ‘buzz word’ or some sort of magical tool, without much explanation on what it is actually about. The recording of the conference is fully available online, all contributions are in German, however if you even slightly understand the language, you will be able to follow most.)
In the last presentation of the day Rebecca Zinke explained what SNA is and discussed the possibilities of SNA for investigations using social media data. Recently I watched an excellent contribution on Social Network Analysis (SNA) given during the German Open Source Conference (GOSINTCon).
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