A book chapter by Alvin Wolfe and Guy Hagen, in “Doing Cultural Ethnography: Projects for Ethnographic Data Collection,” M.V. Angrosino, Ed. (Waveland Press, Illinois) 2002. The book and this chapter have been updated and a second edition is due for release in 2006.

The book chapter introduces a simple network analysis exercise for use in document electronic communities, electronic communication among real-world communities, or as an additional research tool for understanding cultural activity and behavior.