L'analyse des réseaux sociaux - Un survol à travers quelques jalons

Abstract

The Social Network Analysis - An Overview via Certain Milestones: Social network analysis has multidisciplinary origins (anthropology, social psychology, sociology, mathematics). It brings with it to sociology a point of view based on the study of social circles, on one hand, and relations between persons, on the other. Social cohesion, social roles, mediation, diffusion of innovations and ideas, small world, social capital, etc. are among the topics to which social network analysis has provided interesting insights. This text is based on the keynote presentation at the 15-20 September 2008 CNRS Summer School on social networks in Cargèse, Corsica.