Responsibilities include attending lectures, leading/teaching 2 individual discussion sections, attending weekly meetings with instructor, hold weekly office hours, grade assignments,
COMM 370 - Social Networks
Lecture: MW 4-5:30pm
Discussion sections: Th 10-11am, 11-12pm OR Th 12-1pm, 3-4pm
This course introduces the theoretical perspectives and practical applications of the study of social networks, including friendship networks, political discussion networks, social support networks, organizational networks, disease transmission networks, and online social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Students will have the opportunity to learn the basic network concepts and theories, such as network size, density, centrality, contagion, and diffusion. The emphasis of the course will be placed on the impact of emerging media and communication technologies on the creation, maintenance, and expansion of social networks.