Thanks to computational social science methods, the study of…

Thanks to computational social science methods, the study of social networks in online settings became very popular, because it allows us to web scrape the data. When someone refers to “social networks” in the social science, it is implied that we talk about social media like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat.

Your cousin’s friend has a buddy whose sister has a colleagu…

Your cousin’s friend has a buddy whose sister has a colleague whose mom’s nephew knows the First Lady, but only knows her and never met the President. How many degrees of separation (of any direct or indirect kind) are there between you (!) and the President based on the arising network? (be careful when thinking about the solution!)