Constructing a graph based on historical data, Kieran Healy
explains how we can use the graph to "find" Paul Revere.
I have been asked by my superiors to give a brief demonstration of the
surprising effectiveness of even the simplest techniques of the
new-fangled Social Networke Analysis in the pursuit of those
who would seek to undermine the liberty enjoyed by His Majesty’s
subjects. This is in connection with the discussion of the role of
“metadata” in certain recent events and the assurances of various respectable parties
that the government was merely “sifting through this so-called
metadata” and that the “information acquired does not include the
content of any communications”. I will show how we can use this
“metadata” to find key persons involved in terrorist groups operating
within the Colonies at the present time. I shall also endeavour to show
how these methods work in what might be called a relational manner.
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