SOCNET

SOCNET is the official LISTSERV e-mail list of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA). LISTSERV, is a trademarked, automated mail forwarding system in which subscribers send mail to a central address and it is automatically rebroadcast to all other subscribers.

The purpose of SOCNET is to facilitate communication among social network researchers around the world and discussions about research and professional issues related to the study of social networks; make announcements about such things as conferences, new publications, software, and faculty and research positions; and to request help from each other. Social announcements about the members of the community of network research, such as awards, marriages, and death, are also posted on SOCNET. In other words, SOCNET is a social networking tool explicitly for people who study social networks.

Membership in SOCNET costs nothing and is available to all INSNA members. SOCNET postings are archived and searchable for all postings since May 2001. Information about how these tasks may be accomplished may be obtained from INSNA's Website at http://www.insna.org/pubs/socnet.html.

To join SOCNET, a potential subscriber can send an e-mail message to LISTSERV that says the following in the first line of the body of the message: SUBSCRIBE SOCNET <subscriber's name. SOCNET will be sent to the address the person used to send the message, so the subscriber should send this message from the e-mail address that is intended to receive SOCNET. The LISTSERV software will add the name and e-mail address to the list and send back a message confirming membership.