ANN Conference


International Seminar On Network Theory:
Network Multidimensionality In The Digital Age

Sponsored by:
The Annenberg Networks Network, USC,
The Science of Networks in Communities Laboratory, NU

Conveners:
Manuel Castells, Noshir Contractor and Peter Monge

February 19-20, 2010

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Keynote Speech

Networks, Societies, Spheres: Reflections of an Actor-network theoristPresentation, Report
Bruno Latour, Sciences Po Paris

Session 1: Network Theory, Conceptual and Methodological Issues

Moving Technology Inside the NetworkPresentation, Report
Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University
Peter Monge, University of Southern California
Paul Leonardi, Northwestern University

Challenges Posed by Network Multidimensionality in the Digital AgePresentation, Report
Yochai Benkler, Harvard University

Session 2: The Inclusionary/Exclusionary Logic of  Networks

The Dark Side of Metcalfe’s Law: Multiple and Growing Costs of Network Exclusion- Presentation, Report
Ernest J. Wilson III, University of Southern California
Rahul Tongia, CSTEP (Bangalore)/Carnegie Mellon University

Fuzziness of Inclusion-Exclusion: Network Gatekeeping TheoryPresentation, Report
Karine Barzilai-Nahon, University of Washington

Session 3: The Semantic Web

The Ever Evolving Web, The Power of NetworksPresentation, Report
Wendy Hall, University of Southampton, Web Science Research Initiative

Linked Data Networks: The Pragmatic Semantic WebPresentation, Report
Nigel Shadbolt, University of Southampton, Web Science Research Initiative

Session 4: Network Theories of Power

Varieties of Networks, Varieties of Power: Network Multidimensionality in Historical ContextPresentation Report

David Grewal, Harvard University

A Network Theory Of PowerReport
Manuel Castells, University of Southern California

 

Video of the conference panels & keynote:

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