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Fig. 7.2 Social network basics. Adapted from Haythornthwaite and De Laat (2010)

Fig. 7.3 A sample
sociogram

used to describe actor A (because it is the one commented) and in-degree can be
used to describe actor B (because it is the one who received comments). If an actor
has higher in-degree, it means the actor receives more information; if an actor has
higher out-degree, it means the actor provides more information (Russo & Koesten,
2005).

Case 1 Social interaction analysis of an online English-to-Chinese cooperative
translation activity

Yang, Guo, & Yu, (2016) analyzed the social network of online
English-to-Chinese translation activity. The participants are 48 sophomores
majoring in educational technology at Jiangsu Normal University. They were
randomly assigned to twelve groups of four students. The network formed by the
group’s interaction was directed.
Figure 7.4 illustrates the social network of sociogram. From a sociogram, we can
see each group has a connection, which means groups could communicate with
other groups without obstacles.