According to Kilduff and Tsai (2003) cited in Dela Cruz and Dela Cruz (2017), networks are analyzed in terms of the following: Flashcards
It is measured by the number of connection between actors. A collective number of people in a train station has lower density than people who are at a family reunion. Though more people is in a train station, their interaction is short even if they know each other. In contrast, the members of a family at a reunion is bonded by their interaction and knowledge of each other.
Density
Actors can establish relations in other groups in the community rather than establish all of their relationships with members of one group. One of the significant characteristics of network is reciprocity between and among individual actors. There are two (2) types of ties that describe reciprocity in a network: symmetric or reciprocated and asymmetric or nonreciprocated.
Hierarchy
It is the extent to which a link between actors serves a multiplicity of interest in the community. For example, two (2) individuals have a complex relationship if they are bound to each other in different social grounds (e.g. brothers and basketball teammates). Luigi and Carlo interact as siblings at home and teammates in their barangay’s basketball team. They have a higher tie value compared with Klarence and Lawrence who are just officemates.
Complexity
It refers to the dependence of two (2) or more people or things on each other (en.oxforddictionaries.com, n.d.). Interdependence promotes cooperation and creates social capital necessary for the progress of the community. Social capital is the accumulated benefits as a result of the maintenance of a positive relationship between groups and associations in the community (Dela Cruz & Dela Cruz, 2017).
Interdependence
It refers to the dependence of a phenomenon on its environment which may be defined alternatively in institutional, social, cognitive, or cultural terms. An analysis that is using the concept of embeddedness focus on the different conditions within which various modes of social action take place and upon which they depend (www.britannica.com).
Embeddedness
