social network analysis
type: Concept
narrower: small world phenomenon

social life
type: Concept
narrower: small world phenomenon

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: small world phenomenon

processes and institutions
type: Concept
narrower: small world phenomenon

small world phenomenon
type: Concept
definition: In 1967, the social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a seminal experiment to test the hypothesis that scattered members of any large social network (in his case, the population of the United States) could be connected to each other through short chains of intermediate acquaintances. To test this contention, Milgram introduced a novel technique. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Small World Phenomenon]
broader: social network analysis
broader: social life
broader: processes and institutions