Analyzing Narratives in Social Networks

ZS 2021/2022
Four-week mini-course
November 9 - December 2, 2021

Zvi Lotker (Bar-Ilan University)
<zvi.lotker@biu.ac.il>

Time: Tue 14:00-15:15 (changed) and Thu: 15:40-17:10, starting from November 9, 2021. The time is current Prague time.
Place: Zoom: https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/97887276347

"What is a narrative?" is a central question in human existence. We will be exploring this question in this course by analyzing drama and television scripts using computational methods and models, with a focus on dynamic social networks. The lecture The series will follow the content of my book, Analyzing Narratives in Social Networks.

Sylabus

• Graph in Drama.
• Partition in Social Networks.
• Decision Matrix and Social Rationality.
• Conflict Functions.
• Evolution in Time in Social Networks.
• Real Functions, Time Frame, and Evolving Social Networks in High Dimension.
• General Narrative Models for Machines and Points of View.
• What is Evil? What is Death in Social Networks?

References

Zvi Lotker: Analyzing Narratives in Social Networks, Springer, 2021.

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