Google Plus and Circles of Trust (2011)
Some Questions: Who are the friends we have in our trusted inner circle? What are the power balances / imbalances in this social network? Are our friendships reciprocated or not?
What elements work to ensure long-term friendships? Which ones ensure short-term ones? When is each type preferred?
"Enron Offers an Unlikely Boost to E-Mail Surveillance"
Finding Patterns in Corporate Chatter (Visualization)
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2005/05/21/weekinreview/20050520_KOLATA1_CHART.html
On their Minds in 2001
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2005/05/22/weekinreview/20050522_KOLATA2_CHART.html
Some Questions: Who is speaking to whom? What anomalies are there in terms of new accounts? New messaging? What sorts of thinking trends are going on in a company?
(Note: There are articles on using wiretap programs to map social networks, which would make for a possibly insightful law enforcement approach.)
Map of Scientific Collaborations from 2005 to 2009
Some Questions: Which are the locations where the most scientific work is taking place? Which countries / regions' scientists are collaborating? And why? And about what?
"Wiring diagrams for complex networks"
"Schematic illustration of regular and random network architectures"
Strogatz, S.H. (2001). Exploring complex networks. Nature: 410, 268 - 276. doi:10.1038/35065725.
Invisible Cities
http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com/invisiblecities/
Some Questions: What is trending now in a social hotspot in terms of microblogging and photosharing (Twitter and Flickr)? Which places accrue the most digital data (as represented by the changing landscape)? What are some paths people take for fun activities over the span of a night or a day?
http://nd.edu/~networks/Image%20Gallery/gallery.htm
