Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL

Chapter 15

Wiki Networks

Connections of Creativity and Collaboration

Howard T. Welser^*, Patrick Underwood^†, Dan Cosley^‡, Derek Hansen^§ and Laura W. Black^**

^* Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ohio University, Athens, OH

^† Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

^‡ Information Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

^§ iSchool, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

^** School of Communications Studies, Ohio University, Athens, OH

Outline

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Key Features of Wiki Systems

15.3 Wiki Networks from Edit Activity

15.3.1 Wiki Networks of General Interest

15.4 Identifying Different Types of Editors within a Wiki Project

15.4.1 Wiki Social Network Sampling Frame and Data Collection

15.4.2 Defining Edges ...