Wednesday, May 27, 2020

"Community" and "network"

I have a very definite idea of what I consider a network and a community, but it's based on network science and ecology definitions. (If you're reading this, you're in my class this summer so you can look at the first week discussion board for more details. I don't want to duplicate that discussion here.) In honor of the infographic and educationalgifs subreddits I joined this week for the community norms assignment, and in honor of Courtney's blog at https://summer2020eme6414.blogspot.com/2020/05/community-vs-network.html, I wanted to post some pictures that I think get my point across for me nicely.

Networks:
Network SolutionsFrom https://www.newcybersource.com/network-solutions/. Networks are nodes (people, organizations, cell phones, etc) that are connected (work history, social group, etc).

Communities:
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From https://katiegrasch-ecology.weebly.com/communities.html. In ecology, a community includes interacting populations (kapok trees, toucans, and jaguars, etc). In sociology, I feel like a community includes interacting groups of people (teacher, students, administrators, cleaning staff, etc).


3 comments:

  1. Lee! These are excellent references of pictures pertaining to a better understanding of what networks and communities are. I love the ecology reference of community!

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  2. I love it when you bridge two worlds, Lee! :)

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