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Figure 1<\/strong>– My Visual Network Map<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This visual network map indicates my social connections in my personal, professional, and academic networks. My network includes digital and in-person groups as well as close and distant groups.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I used MindMeister<\/a> to build my network map, Figure 1. I used Dron and Anderson’s\u00a0 (2016) definition of networks as unstructured, informal connections. They also define a group as a finite number of individuals defined by rules and purpose (Dron & Anderson, 2014). For this visual network, <\/span>I identified groups of people through positions or titles rather than using names. I did this to protect identities as permissions were not granted. <\/span>Groups are represented by the node and title. The connections within groups are represented by the black lines and the inter-group connections are represented by the green arrows.\u00a0<\/span>I situated myself in the center of the graph as that was the focus of the assignment and am the base of the connections represented. <\/span><\/p>\n

There were some drawbacks to not representing individuals. Firstly, while members within a network are fluid, this is not represented in my visual network map, as individuals are grouped. Secondly, because I do not represent individuals, but groups, there is a seeming hierarchy of size and importance. Whereas, in actuality, many individuals are of far greater importance than groups. With more resources and time, it would be interesting to create a more microscopic version of this map. I would also be curious to see network maps represented over a span of time to demonstrate changes over that time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

References<\/span><\/p>\n

Dron, J, & Anderson, T. (2014).\u00a0<\/span>Teaching Crowds<\/i><\/a>. Athabasca University Press.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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