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Od društvenih mreža do umreženog društva: Jedan osvrt na makro mrežni pristup u sociologiji
From Social Networks to Network Society: A Review of the Macro Network Approach in Sociology

Author(s): Dalibor Petrović
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Sociološko naučno društvo Srbije
Keywords: networking; social networks; information-communication technologies;

Summary/Abstract: Traditional sociological theories are no longer fully capable of explaining social changes in the modern world. For this reason demands for new social theories is growing. In this article the author analyses one of these attempts, by reviewing new macro social network theories. Since our sociological community is not familiar enough with network theory, the first part of the paper is devoted to outlining the history of the social network approach in general. In the second part of the paper the more recent macro social network approach is discussed as represented by its most important proponents.

  • Issue Year: 49/2007
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 161-182
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Serbian