ELECTIVE 1

What constitute the greatest global information platform on the Internet today?

• Social Networks

• World Wide Web

• Social Media Platforms
• Online Marketplaces

What refers to “a set of actors or nodes along with a set of ties of a specified type…that link them."?

• Social Networks

• Networks

• Connections

• Linkage

What distinguishes networks from groups?

• Groups do not have natural boundaries, and they do not need to be connected internally while Networks do.

• Networks do not have natural boundaries, and they do not need to be connected internally, as well as are fluid and ever changing while Groups do.

• Groups do not have natural boundaries, and they do not need to be connected internally, as well as are fluid and ever changing while Networks do.

• Networks do not have natural boundaries, and they do not need to be connected internally while Groups do.

Who were the proponents of the SIX DEGREES/SMALL WORLD THEORY?

• Stanley Milgram

• Jeffrey Travers

• John Travers

• Stanner Milgram

The Small World Phenomenon is also known as:

• The Strength of Weak Ties

• Social Capital Theory

• Six Degrees of Separation

• Role-Sets Theory

What theory hypothesized that individuals should all be connected to each other by at least one chain of various lengths or pathways?

• Small World Theory

• Role Sets Theory

• The Strength of Weak Ties Theory

• Social Capital Theory

Who traced the writings on the small-world theory from 1958–2009?

• Mark Granovetter

• Sebastian Schnettler

• Rose Coser

• James Coleman

Who identified the three dimensions of Small World Theory?

• James Sebastian

• Sebastian Schnettler

• Mark Granovetter

• Stanley Milgram

What are the three dimensions of Small World Theory?

• Structural Dimensions

• Process Dimensions

• Psychological Dimensions

• Social Dimensions

The small world theory structural domain:

• Examines how nodes (people, organizations, etc.) are connected.

• Includes diffusion (how ideas or diseases spread) and search (how people find others or information).

• Includes ideas like cognitive limits, trust, and social awareness.