Title
Virtually networked housing movement: Hyperlink network structure of housing social movement organizations.
Abstract
Using such theories as resource mobilization and social capital, this article examines how housing social movement organizations (SMOs) in the USA are connected through hyperlink networks. In doing so, this article employed hyperlink network analysis (HNA) through data collected from 26 national housing SMOs. Results indicate that the more bridging ties an organization has, the more central they are to the network. Results also show that the more incoming hyperlinks that a particular organization has, the more central they are to the network. These results suggest that the utilization of bridging social capital by a housing SMO has the potential to increase the ability to mobilize resources by that organization. Furthermore, increasing the number of bridging hyperlinks available on a website can improve the web presence of the SMO furthering the goals of the overall movement.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1177/1461444810372786
NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY
Keywords
Field
DocType
housing social movement,hyperlink network analysis (HNA),resource mobilization theory,social capital theory,social movement organizations (SMOs)
Social science,Resource mobilization,Social capital,Social movement,Sociology,Public relations,Bridging (networking),Socioeconomics,Hyperlink,Network analysis,Network structure
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
13
5
1461-4448
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.61
14
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jessica Kropczynski1306.16
Seungahn Nah2585.50