Approaches to studying networks: implications and outcomes

摘要: Concerns have been raised about lack of clarity in conceptual consideration and difficulty applying the network concept as an analytical tool. These concerns can be associated with reliance on quantitative techniques, designed to look at structural characteristics, when qualitative approaches will reveal other aspects networks. This paper builds previous work considers implications outcomes different methodological for research. Using a Ptolemaic/Copernican analogy it illustrates that both are required grasp understand complexity networks activity networking but each deals features.