10. Introduction to Social Networks¶
In this section we present a very brief introduction to the emerging field of social networks, to some Python tools for networks, and discuss one area in which Python is not the best option, the visualization of large social networks like the Bill Cheswick’s picture of the Internet from the internet mapping project, shown below.

Source: Bill Cheswick http://www.cheswick.com/ches/map/gallery/index.html¶
Contents
- 10.1. Social Networks
- 10.2. Introduction to Networkx
- 10.3. Using gephi
- 10.4. Anna Karenina Network Assignment