Visualizing Social Network Data

Instructor: Jesse Fagan

In this module we will create simple network visualizations, interactive visualizations, dynamic animations, and untangle the hairball of a large, complex network. We will use a combination of R, Gephi, and Inkscape to create high quality visualizations.

View the walk-through here: http://jessefagan.com/static/visualizing_social_network_data_2018.html

If you want to participate, please have the following software installed in advance:

• • R and RStudio

  • To completely run the R script you will need to install these packages: igraph, dplyr, ggplot2, RColorBrewer, intergraph, ndtv, ggnetwork, ggraph, igraphdata, arcdiagram, HiveR, ggmap, edgebundleR, prettydoc

  • Gephi

  • Inkscape