Communication and Social Networks
Syllabus
Schedule
Assignments
Course content
Spring Break
Overview
Schedule for the semester
Course content
Week 1: Introductions and the network perspective
Week 2: Network representations
Week 3: How are communication networks formed?
Week 4: Small group networks
Week 5: Ego networks and network perception
Week 6: Power, centrality, and hierarchy
Week 7: Social Capital, structural holes, and weak ties
Week 8: Small worlds
Week 9: Scale-free networks and the friendship paradox
Spring Break
Week 10: Social influence and diffusion
Week 11: Communities and Core-periphery
Week 12: Collective behavior
Week 13: Technology and networks
Week 14: Networks and Equality
Week 15: Class Presentations and Final Projects
Finals week
Spring Break
Content for the week of Monday, March 16, 2026
Spring Break - No Class This Week