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Shawn on SNA

SNA gets noted as a 'new' technique. Within sociology it's been around for over 30 years.

In my limited experience, SNA is a 'microscope slide' technique:
- You get a lot of detail but it's time-consuming to do.
- It requires care in interpretation.
- It's just one slice of something larger fixed at one moment in time.

Its main benefits:
- It provides a visual map of social relations (and most people are 'visual' thinkers if you believe the research).
- The map is seen as objective and therefore can be made consensual.

Oh and InFlow is a whole world of fun to use...