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Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper
                               By Elizabeth Quintanilla


Overview
This paper attempted to investigate the structure of the social network of the Austin
Improv Collective (AIC). This group of performers is organized around the following
mission statement:

  The mission of the Austin Improv Collective is to promote improvisational theatre in
Central Texas and develop sustainable performance, practice, management, and teaching
skills for Austin's improvisational theatre community. We believe that improvisation is a
vital and viable art form which provides unique and invaluable benefits to the individual
 and the community and we strive to raise awareness of improvisational theatre through
                      performance, teaching, and community outreach.

While there are many ways to analyze this social group, the author chose to define the
structure based on troupes and Maestro. In general, actors within this community
perform regularly in troupes or special performance groups and are often in more than
one group. Additionally, the regular standing Maestro show is an avenue for actors to
perform who are not in troupes or whose troupes do not perform on a regular basis. The
author chose not to use questionnaires, investigate online communities such as MySpace
or Facebook, or known friendships. The author assumed that if an actor is in one troupe
then that actor has a connection to the rest of the troupe. Therefore, an actor who is in
several troupes will have several connections and play a more critical role in the social
network. Additionally, all the actors who performed in Maestro from the beginning of
August through November 3rd were treated as a single troupe. Using these assumptions,
the social network composed of 68 troupes and 173 performers during the time period
previously stated. The list of troupes and performers can be found in Appendix A.


Network Structure
An important aspect of social network analysis is the ability to diagram the social
structure of the Austin Improv Collective. Each improviser was treated as a node and
was tied to another node based on their common participation on the same troupe. For
the rest of this paper, it is assumed if an improviser is in a particular troupe then that
particular improviser will have a friendship tie. So, the following social network diagram
provides a quick look on how the organization is structured. The Austin Improv
Collective during the fall of 2007 has a structure of a “goldfish”. It is easily apparent to
the casual observer that there is a central group but certain nodes have greater social
capital than others and are key links in connecting the collective into a unified
community. This diagram can be found in Appendix B. Additionally, it is useful to
know if the network structure has a central structure. Within the AIC, there is a strong
central structure (with a density of 0.089). It was determined there were 22 core groups
that were critical in the formation of the rest of the analysis. This list can be found in
Appendix C.
Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper
                               By Elizabeth Quintanilla

Analysis
A focus of social network research is to investigate the absence of ties between
individuals define both the structure of the network and the opportunity to build social
capital. A definition of social capital is the benefits that accrue to the collective as a
result of the maintenance of positive relations between different individuals, groups,
organizational units, or hierarchical levels. Therefore, it is of great interest to find the
nodes that act as liaisons between two otherwise disconnected nodes.

Degree Centrality
One might perhaps think that the key influencers of a social network are the individuals
that are the most popular. In this research, popularity was defined by the number of
direct connections to other individuals. Therefore, this measure was used to identify the
performers who were in the most number of troupes and having the greatest number of
connections to the AIC. Using the data set presented in Appendix A and Ucinet, the
author was able to identify the top 15 performers using this metric. They are presented in
the following table identified by the performer and their number of direct ties.

                      KaceySamiee                                  153
                      AndyCrouch                                   125
                       JasonVines                                  121
                       MikeKinald                                  120
                      KareemBadr                                   119
                        WesBain                                    114
                      MattPollock                                  111
                       KaciBeeler                                  111
                        RoyJanik                                   109
                        SaraFarr                                   104
                        SeanHill                                   102
                       TomBooker                                   98
                      BryanRoberts                                  86
                       ChrisAllen                                   84
                      JeremyLamb                                    80
                 Table 1: Top 15 improvisers using Degree Centrality

The average improviser in the network had approximately 31 direct connections with a
standard deviation of 31 ties.


Betweenness Centrality
Another important metric used to investigate social structures is the betweenness
centrality measure. This measure not only reflects the direct ties but also the extent to
which a node is connected to other nodes that are not directly connected to each other and
act as an intermediary, liaisons, or bridge within the network. Therefore, these
individuals may be able to act as brokers and have an intermediate position on the
shortest path connecting the AIC community. Using the data set presented in Appendix
A and Ucinet, the author was able to identify the top 15 performers using this metric.
Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper
                               By Elizabeth Quintanilla
They are presented in the following table identified by the performer and their
normalized betweenness statistic.

                      BryanRoberts                            18.142
                      AndyCrouch                              7.689
                      CodyDearing                              7.591
                     MikeFerstenfel                           7.468
                     StephanieCook                            7.095
                      JeremyLamb                               6.410
                      ValerieWard                             6.168
                        SeanHill                              5.227
                       JohnRatliff                            5.024
                       JasonVines                             4.991
                      KareemBadr                               3.884
                     AndreaYoung                              2.950
                       KaciBeeler                             2.946
                      KaceySamiee                             2.933
                       BryanCruz                              2.771
             Table 2: Top 15 improvisers using Betweenness Centrality

The average improviser in the network had approximately a normalized statistic of 0.768
with a standard deviation of 2.059.


Eigenvector Centrality
However, a node’s importance in a social structure may not necessarily be reflected by
their number of direct ties but rather their direct and indirect ties to popular nodes.
Therefore, eigenvector centrality measures the relative importance of the node in a
network. It uses relative scores to all nodes in the network and is based on the principle
that connections to nodes having a high score contribute more to the score of the node in
question. Using the data set presented in Appendix A and Ucinet, the author was able to
identify the top 15 performers using this metric. They are presented in the following
table identified by the performer and their normalized eigenvector statistic.

                     KaceySamiee                              38.914
                       RoyJanik                               35.729
                      KaciBeeler                              33.541
                     KareemBadr                               33.377
                      JasonVines                              33.133
                     MikeKinald                               32.249
                     AndyCrouch                               31.968
                       WesBain                                31.701
                     MattPollock                               28.43
                       SaraFarr                               28.338
                     TomBooker                                24.092
                       SeanHill                               22.671
                      ChrisAllen                               21.63
                      TroyMiller                              20.486
                     MarcMajcher                              19.939
              Table 3: Top 15 improvisers using Eigenvector Centrality
Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper
                               By Elizabeth Quintanilla


The average improviser in the network had approximately a normalized statistic of 6.149
with a standard deviation of 9.053.


Closeness Centrality
The last metric used to identify the key improvisers in the AIC social network is the
closeness centrality measure. This metric defines the degree in which a node is near
(directly or indirectly) to all other nodes in the network. This reflects the node’s ability
to say “I heard it through the grapevine” and their ability to reach everyone within the
AIC network. Using the data set presented in Appendix A and Ucinet, the author was
able to identify the top 15 performers using this metric. They are presented in the
following table identified by the performer and their normalized Closeness statistic.

                       JasonVines                               61.481
                      AndyCrouch                                61.481
                      KareemBadr                                61.029
                     BryanRoberts                               60.806
                        SeanHill                                60.584
                      JeremyLamb                                60.364
                       KaciBeeler                               59.928
                     AndreaYoung                                59.712
                     KaceySamiee                                59.498
                        WesBain                                 58.865
                     MikeFerstenfel                             58.865
                        RoyJanik                                58.042
                      EricHeiberg                               57.840
                        SaraFarr                                57.639
                     CodyDearing                                57.439
               Table 4: Top 15 improvisers using Closeness Centrality

The average improviser in the network had approximately a normalized statistic of
45.579 with a standard deviation of 8.202.


Transmission Rate
Nearly all of the improvisers regularly post to a forum that is dedicated to the AIC. The
forum is used to inform people within the community about special projects, casting calls
(such as for the weekly Maestro show), and parties. The different centrality metrics
yielded a list of 25 improvisers who are listed in Table 5 with their overall number of
postings.

                      KaceySamiee                               379
                      AndyCrouch                               1559
                       JasonVines                              1257
                      MikeKinald                                440
                      KareemBadr                               2242
                        WesBain                                2185
                      MattPollock                              307
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                               By Elizabeth Quintanilla
                       KaciBeeler                             1088
                        RoyJanik                              1704
                        SaraFarr                              1380
                        SeanHill                                54
                       TomBooker                                38
                      BryanRoberts                             164
                       ChrisAllen                             1091
                      JeremyLamb                              1724
                      CodyDearing                             1336
                     MikeFerstenfel                            114
                     StephanieCook                  Unsure based on username
                      ValerieWard                              675
                       JohnRatliff                            1046
                     AndreaYoung                               748
                       BryanCruz                    Unsure based on username
                       TroyMiller                              143
                      MarcMajcher                              570
                       EricHeiberg                              63
          Table 5: The Top Improvisers based on the 4 Centrality Metrics

However, the top 15 improvisers who post the most actively on the AIC forum but did
not make the top 15 list on any of the centrality metrics happened to be: Shannon
McCormick, Julie Lucas, Justin York, Chris Trew, and Mo Daviau.


Conclusions
The Austin Improv Collective is a very dynamic social network. It does have a strong
central core with several key active performers who link together this volunteer based
social structure. The traditional analysis used in social network theory can be applied to
the AIC. It was shown that the AIC has a strong central structure. Additionally, the
centrality metrics yield consistent results and identify a core group of 25 individuals who
are influential within the network. However, these metrics seem to miss certain key
individuals who have a strong influence in the network. For example, Shannon
McCormick is on of the producers for the annual Out Of Bounds Improv Comedy
Festival. Mo and Chris both had key volunteer roles in this festival. Additionally, Justin
York and Chris Trew are key members of ColdTowne. This troupe runs another venue
for improv comedy. Additionally, this analysis fails to illustrate the key roles that the
instructors/coaches have on the community.

I recommend that any future studies on this network include known social ties through
venue/show management, festival preparations, friendship links through online
communities such as Facebook and MySpace, as well as a questionnaire to determine the
strength of the ties between individuals.
Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper
                               By Elizabeth Quintanilla



Appendix A: The Troupes and Improvisers
The information is listed by troupe and then lists the improvisers who are in the troupe.
The following data format was used because of its ease of importing into Ucinet. The
software package used to run the statistical network analysis.

GirlsGirlsGirls ShanaMerlin
GirlsGirlsGirls MadelineMalka
GirlsGirlsGirls JohnRatliff
GirlsGirlsGirls ShellyMiller
GirlsGirlsGirls JenCargill
GirlsGirlsGirls KaceySamiee
GirlsGirlsGirls MoDaviau
GirlsGirlsGirls JulieLucas
GirlsGirlsGirls AndreaYoung
McNicholandMay BobMcNichol
McNicholandMay ErikaMay
TheFrankMills BobMcNichol
TheFrankMills ErikaMay
TheFrankMills RachelMadorsky
TheFrankMills DaveBuckman
ImprovforEvil NadineLatief
ImprovforEvil MikeKinald
ImprovforEvil MarcMajcher
ImprovforEvil MattPollock
ImprovforEvil BobApthorpe
ImprovforEvil JasonVines
ImprovforEvil EricHeiberg
StarTreking TroyMiller
StarTreking JayMichael
StarTreking DavidLampe
StarTreking KaceySamiee
StarTreking AndyCrouch
StarTreking SeanHill
StarTreking ShanaMerlin
StarTreking RoyJanik
StarTreking KareemBadr
StarTreking KaciBeeler
StarTreking ChrisAllen
StarTreking WesBain
StarTreking ChristinadeRoos
StarTreking SaraFarr
StarTreking JasonVines
StarTreking JustinDavis
StarTreking CodyDearing
PoliteSociety AndyCrouch
PoliteSociety MichaelFerstenfeld
PoliteSociety KendleWade
PoliteSociety SeanOBrien
PoliteSociety KanYan
PoliteSociety CaitlinSweet
LookCookie LeahMoss
Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper
                            By Elizabeth Quintanilla

LookCookie KerriLendo
LookCookie CodyDearing
LookCookie JerryBilbo
LookCookie EricSeufert
LookCookie BradleyJackson
LookCookie MichaelWilliams
LookCookie BryanRoberts
LookCookie RyanHarrison
Parrallogramophonograph KareemBadr
Parrallogramophonograph KaciBeeler
Parrallogramophonograph RoyJanik
Parrallogramophonograph ValerieWard
HooversBlanket ChrisAllen
HooversBlanket ErinMolson
HooversBlanket AlexNixon
HooversBlanket BryanRoberts
HooversBlanket AndyPereira
HooversBlanket JasonVines
HooversBlanket RoyJanik
HooversBlanket KaciBeeler
HooversBlanket WesBain
HooversBlanket KareemBadr
HooversBlanket SaraFarr
LeadingBrands FrankWillmore
LeadingBrands GeneJoe
LeadingBrands AmyMcKenna
LeadingBrands MikeMcGill
LeadingBrands SaraFarr
LeadingBrands JamesRoberts
LeadingBrands EricHeiberg
AvailableCupholders JeremyLamb
AvailableCupholders BillStern
AvailableCupholders JonBenner
AvailableCupholders MichaelJoplin
AvailableCupholders AceManning
ColdTowne MikeJastroch
ColdTowne TamiNelson
ColdTowne ArthurSimone
ColdTowne ChrisTrew
ColdTowne JustinYork
ColdTowne ArthurSimone
GetUp ShannonMcCormick
GetUp ShanaMerlin
GetUp SaraFarr
Junk AndreaYoung
Junk TedRutherford
Junk TroyMiller
Junk AndyCrouch
Junk SeanHill
Starterkit AdenKirschner
Starterkit AnnWilson
Starterkit BradTemple
Starterkit EricGarcia
Starterkit JustinDavis
Starterkit ZachPalmer
MidnightSociety LanceGilstrap
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MidnightSociety NickRameriz
MidnightSociety AndyPetruzzo
MidnightSociety AndrewLee
MidnightSociety StevenShort
MidnightSociety ElizabethLeader
MidnightSociety StephanieCook
MidnightSociety JerichoThorpe
MidnightSociety JoelKeith
Gigglepants ThaiLe
Gigglepants BryanCruz
Gigglepants DavidToscano
Gigglepants MichaelChampion
Gigglepants MichaelBird
Gigglepants MichealDomangue
Gigglepants AlexBiasci
Gigglepants AlexNavissi
Gigglepants WesReynolds
Gigglepants BryanRoberts
Gigglepants SarahEshelman
Gigglepants JaminaKouhane
Gigglepants SandraCuya
Gigglepants MeghanWolff
Gigglepants JavierSanchez
Gigglepants RainerSigwald
Gigglepants MoniqueMalanado
OneAM TamiNelson
OneAM ChrisTrew
VertigoRamp TedRutherford
VertigoRamp CraigKotfas
TheKnuckelballNow MikeDAlonzo
TheKnuckelballNow CraigKotfas
TheKnuckelballNow MichaelJoplin
TheKnuckelballNow DaveModigliani
1813Drake AndyCrouch
1813Drake AsafRonen
SuspiciousPackage MattPollock
SuspiciousPackage JasonVines
PerfectSeason KaciBeeler

PerfectSeason RoyJanik
Firth&Arjet KristinFirth
Firth&Arjet JessicaArjet
$10Bourbon TerrilFisher
$10Bourbon AlexNixon
$10Bourbon AndyPereira
ISnoodBear WesBain
ISnoodBear ChristinadeRoos
FlyingTheaterMachinesWangDangDoodleHour     JessicaArjet
FlyingTheaterMachinesWangDangDoodleHour     SeanHill
FlyingTheaterMachinesWangDangDoodleHour     SaraFarr
FlyingTheaterMachinesWangDangDoodleHour     MattPollock
FlyingTheaterMachinesWangDangDoodleHour     MarcMajcher
FlyingTheaterMachinesWangDangDoodleHour     RobertArjet
FlyingTheaterMachinesWangDangDoodleHour     JasonVines
TheDarkBloodlords RoyJanik
TheDarkBloodlords KaciBeeler
TheDarkBloodlords MikeJastroch
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                            By Elizabeth Quintanilla
TheDarkBloodlords MikeKinald
TheDarkBloodlords AndyCrouch
TheDarkBloodlords JasonVines
FrogtownHollowJubileeJugband WesBain
FrogtownHollowJubileeJugband JordanMaxwell
FrogtownHollowJubileeJugband ChrisTrew
FrogtownHollowJubileeJugband KaciBeeler
FrogtownHollowJubileeJugband EricHeiberg
FrogtownHollowJubileeJugband JasonVines
LetsRock CodyDearing
LetsRock DavidZimmerman
LetsRock JasonVines
TheSmokingArm MikeJastroch
TheSmokingArm JustinYork
TheSmokingArm BobMcNichol
TheSmokingArm ErikaMay
TheSmokingArm StephanieCook
TheSmokingArm KareemBadr
TheSmokingArm CodyDearing
TheSmokingArm JohnRatliff
TheSmokingArm JasonVines
VinylDestination ValerieWard
VinylDestination ChristinadeRoos
VinylDestination KristinFirth
VinylDestination CodyDearing
VinylDestination JohnRatliff
VinylDestination BillStern
VinylDestination JasonVines
YouMeandGreg GregSpencer
YouMeandGreg PhilAulie
YouMeandGreg DougPena
Spawndoodalie JenCargill
Spawndoodalie ErinPlishke
Spawndoodalie NatMiller
HeroesofComedy AndyCrouch
HeroesofComedy DavidLampe
HeroesofComedy ChrisOrf
HeroesofComedy KareemBadr
HeroesofComedy KaceySamiee
HeroesofComedy ChristinadeRoos
HeroesofComedy DaveWallace
HeroesofComedy SeanHill
ConspiracyButter BrianBoyko
ConspiracyButter ChrisTrew
WhirledNewsTonight ScottChester
WhirledNewsTonight KareemBadr
WhirledNewsTonight WesBain
WhirledNewsTonight KaciBeeler
WhirledNewsTonight KaceySamiee
WhirledNewsTonight ChrisTrew
WhirledNewsTonight RoyJanik
mrhappychocolatesunshine CodyDearing
mrhappychocolatesunshine AndreaYoung
ASipofChantico KristinFirth
ASipofChantico BillGrandberg
CockSound AndreaYoung
CockSound ChristinadeRoos
Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper
                            By Elizabeth Quintanilla
CockSound ValerieWard
YoureFat RachelMadorsky
YoureFat JillMorris
PerfectSeason RoyJanik
PerfectSeason KaciBeeler
Threefield WesBain
Threefield KareemBadr
Threefield RoyJanik
Kazillionaire MadelineMalka
Kazillionaire JeremyLamb
BridgeportWomensCorrectionalFacilityImpromptuSkitPlayers        JillMorris
BridgeportWomensCorrectionalFacilityImpromptuSkitPlayers        ErikaMay
BridgeportWomensCorrectionalFacilityImpromptuSkitPlayers        JenCargill
BridgeportWomensCorrectionalFacilityImpromptuSkitPlayers        RachelMadorsky
BridgeportWomensCorrectionalFacilityImpromptuSkitPlayers        KaciBeeler
BridgeportWomensCorrectionalFacilityImpromptuSkitPlayers        TamiNelson
BridgeportWomensCorrectionalFacilityImpromptuSkitPlayers        MadelineMalka
TheGreatMundane ChristinadeRoos
TheGreatMundane JordanMaxwell
TheGreatMundane KaceySamiee
TheGreatMundane JayBernardo
TheGreatMundane JeffAmos
CopsandLawyers WesBain
CopsandLawyers KareemBadr
CopsandLawyers ChristinadeRoos
CopsandLawyers KaceySamiee
CopsandLawyers TroyMiller
CopsandLawyers DavidLampe
CopsandLawyers SeanCooper
CopsandLawyers JayMichael
CopsandLawyers ChrisOrf
CopsandLawyers ShanaMerlin
CopsandLawyers AndyCrouch
SignifyingNothing ValerieWard
SignifyingNothing WesBain
SuiGeneris DaveWallace
SuiGeneris RoyJanik
SuiGeneris KareemBadr
SuiGeneris WesBain
TheNewlybedGame JeremyLamb
TheNewlybedGame ChrisAllen
TheNewlybedGame DanuUribe
TheNewlybedGame ChristinadeRoos
TheNewlybedGame WesBain
TheNewlybedGame GuillermoDeLeon
TheNewlybedGame JeannieDeLeon
fartclownglasses MikeJastroch
fartclownglasses JillMorris
fartclownglasses ChrisTrew
fartclownglasses AndreaYoung
RoyRoyRoy RachelMadorsky
RoyRoyRoy JillMorris
RoyRoyRoy ArthurSimone
RoyRoyRoy AndyCrouch
RoyRoyRoy ChrisTrew
RoyRoyRoy EricHeiberg
RoyRoyRoy ValerieWard
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RoyRoyRoy JustinYork
RoyRoyRoy AndreaYoung
IAmATruck ValerieWard
IAmATruck AndyCrouch
IAmATruck BobMcNichol
IAmATruck JenCargill
IAmATruck ErikaMay
BlueBalls AndyPereria
BlueBalls DaveBuckman
BlueBalls RachelMadorsky
HarryPotter RoyJanik
HarryPotter KaciBeeler
HarryPotter AndyCrouch
HarryPotter MikeKinald
HarryPotter MarcMajcher
HarryPotter JasonVines
HarryPotter SaraFarr
RoaldDahl ShanaMerlin
RoaldDahl AndyCrouch
RoaldDahl MikeKinald
RoaldDahl MarcMajcher
RoaldDahl ErinMolson
RoaldDahl SaraFarr
PlaysWellShakespeare LesMcGehee
PlaysWellShakespeare AndyCrouch
PlaysWellShakespeare ShanaMerlin
PlaysWellShakespeare JodieEgerton
PlaysWellShakespeare RobertFaires
NoLeft JohnRatliff
NoLeft BillStern
Punch LanceGilstrap
Punch LeahMoss
Punch JohnRatliff
PuppetGun KareemBadr
PuppetGun EricHeiberg
PuppetGun RoyJanik
PuppetGun JohnRatliff
PuppetGun KaceySamiee
TheLateNightLunchShow AdenKirschner
TheLateNightLunchShow EricGarcia
TheLateNightLunchShow WilliamOakley
HankandTony JerryBilbo
HankandTony EricSeufert
TheExtraordinaryLeague AdenKirschner
TheExtraordinaryLeague DavidObermann
TheExtraordinaryLeague SaraFarr
TheExtraordinaryLeague ZachPalmer
CostaCider ChrisAllen
CostaCider JeffBritt
CostaCider BryanRoberts
Interrobang WesBain
Interrobang ChristinadeRoos
Interrobang ChristieIngram
Interrobang ShawnLeventhal
Interrobang ErikAdams
OneNightBand CraigKotfas
OneNightBand JeremyLamb
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OneNightBand MikeDAlonzo
OneNightBand BillStern
OneNightBand JeffAmos
OneNightBand ChrisAlonzo
OneNightBand BurtMcCallister
OneNightBand RichieLozano
OneNightBand MargaretMyrick
OneNightBand TimGirardeaux
OneNightBand JohnRatliff
OneNightBand MichaelJoplin
OneNightBand JustinSpencer
OneNightBand BrendanBigalow
OneNightBand SeanHill
OneNightBand AmyMcCurdy
OneNightBand MichaelBrockman
OneNightBand AceManning
OneNightBand KoreySimeone
OneNightBand CodyDearing
Ed32 CurtisLuciani
Ed32 StephenRobinson
Ed32 BobJones
Ed32 CaitlinSweet
Ed32 ChadDuffy
Ed32 ChrisKelley
Ed32 JayBernardo
Ed32 MargaretWardlaw
Ed32 MaggieBurns
Ed32 ValerieWard
Ed32 SeanOBrien
Ed32 RachelPearson
Ed32 AlexisKanter
Ed32 MikeFerstenfel
Ed32 GrahamSchmidt
Ed32 BrianPargac
Ed32 SarahBayne
Ed32 KanYan
Ed32 KendleWade
Ed32 BryanCruz
Maestro LesMcGehee
Maestro MattPollock
Maestro TomBooker
Maestro AnnWilson
Maestro MikeKinald
Maestro GeneJoe
Maestro EricGarcia
Maestro ErikAdams
Maestro MikeFerstenfel
Maestro AndreaYoung
Maestro EricHeiberg
Maestro ErinMolson
Maestro BryanRoberts
Maestro MattPollock
Maestro SaraFarr
Maestro AmyMcKenna
Maestro TomBooker
Maestro WesBain
Maestro BradTemple
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Maestro   PeterRogers
Maestro   JeffBritt
Maestro   JustinDavis
Maestro   NadineLatief
Maestro   ChrisAllen
Maestro   KaceySamiee
Maestro   RichRoss
Maestro   AndyCrouch
Maestro   RoyJanik
Maestro   KaciBeeler
Maestro   KristinFirth
Maestro   MikeKinald
Maestro   AdenKirschner
Maestro   PhilAulie
Maestro   AlbertJin
Maestro   BeckBennett
Maestro   KyleMooney
Maestro   NickRutherford
Maestro   JeremyLamb
Maestro   SeanHill
Maestro   KaceySamiee
Maestro   DaveWallace
Maestro   TroyMiller
Maestro   MarkCarpenter
Maestro   JasonVines
Maestro   KareemBadr
Maestro   MarcMajcher
Maestro   JessicaArjet
Maestro   MikeMcGill
Maestro   ShawnLeventhal
Maestro   JamesRoberts
Maestro   Lindsey
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Appendix B: The AIC social network diagram
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                               By Elizabeth Quintanilla


Appendix C: The List of the Core Groups in the AIC
Using the 2-Mode Categorical Core/Periphery Model option in Ucinet, it was determined
that the AIC has a central core of groups in which their connections link across the entire
AIC social network. These groups are as follows:

       1) Midnight Society
       2) Girls, Girls, Girls
       3) Hank and Tony
       4) Available Cupholders
       5) Heroes of Comedy
       6) Hoovers Blanket
       7) Frogtown Hollow Jubilee Jugband
       8) ColdTowne
       9) Improv for Evil
       10) Cops and Lawyers
       11) Leading Brands
       12) Ed32
       13) Gigglepants
       14) The Newlybed Game
       15) One Night Band
       16) Starterkit
       17) Polite Society
       18) Harry Potter
       19) Roy Roy Roy
       20) Maestro
       21) The Extraordinary League
       22) Star Treking

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  • 1. Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper By Elizabeth Quintanilla Overview This paper attempted to investigate the structure of the social network of the Austin Improv Collective (AIC). This group of performers is organized around the following mission statement: The mission of the Austin Improv Collective is to promote improvisational theatre in Central Texas and develop sustainable performance, practice, management, and teaching skills for Austin's improvisational theatre community. We believe that improvisation is a vital and viable art form which provides unique and invaluable benefits to the individual and the community and we strive to raise awareness of improvisational theatre through performance, teaching, and community outreach. While there are many ways to analyze this social group, the author chose to define the structure based on troupes and Maestro. In general, actors within this community perform regularly in troupes or special performance groups and are often in more than one group. Additionally, the regular standing Maestro show is an avenue for actors to perform who are not in troupes or whose troupes do not perform on a regular basis. The author chose not to use questionnaires, investigate online communities such as MySpace or Facebook, or known friendships. The author assumed that if an actor is in one troupe then that actor has a connection to the rest of the troupe. Therefore, an actor who is in several troupes will have several connections and play a more critical role in the social network. Additionally, all the actors who performed in Maestro from the beginning of August through November 3rd were treated as a single troupe. Using these assumptions, the social network composed of 68 troupes and 173 performers during the time period previously stated. The list of troupes and performers can be found in Appendix A. Network Structure An important aspect of social network analysis is the ability to diagram the social structure of the Austin Improv Collective. Each improviser was treated as a node and was tied to another node based on their common participation on the same troupe. For the rest of this paper, it is assumed if an improviser is in a particular troupe then that particular improviser will have a friendship tie. So, the following social network diagram provides a quick look on how the organization is structured. The Austin Improv Collective during the fall of 2007 has a structure of a “goldfish”. It is easily apparent to the casual observer that there is a central group but certain nodes have greater social capital than others and are key links in connecting the collective into a unified community. This diagram can be found in Appendix B. Additionally, it is useful to know if the network structure has a central structure. Within the AIC, there is a strong central structure (with a density of 0.089). It was determined there were 22 core groups that were critical in the formation of the rest of the analysis. This list can be found in Appendix C.
  • 2. Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper By Elizabeth Quintanilla Analysis A focus of social network research is to investigate the absence of ties between individuals define both the structure of the network and the opportunity to build social capital. A definition of social capital is the benefits that accrue to the collective as a result of the maintenance of positive relations between different individuals, groups, organizational units, or hierarchical levels. Therefore, it is of great interest to find the nodes that act as liaisons between two otherwise disconnected nodes. Degree Centrality One might perhaps think that the key influencers of a social network are the individuals that are the most popular. In this research, popularity was defined by the number of direct connections to other individuals. Therefore, this measure was used to identify the performers who were in the most number of troupes and having the greatest number of connections to the AIC. Using the data set presented in Appendix A and Ucinet, the author was able to identify the top 15 performers using this metric. They are presented in the following table identified by the performer and their number of direct ties. KaceySamiee 153 AndyCrouch 125 JasonVines 121 MikeKinald 120 KareemBadr 119 WesBain 114 MattPollock 111 KaciBeeler 111 RoyJanik 109 SaraFarr 104 SeanHill 102 TomBooker 98 BryanRoberts 86 ChrisAllen 84 JeremyLamb 80 Table 1: Top 15 improvisers using Degree Centrality The average improviser in the network had approximately 31 direct connections with a standard deviation of 31 ties. Betweenness Centrality Another important metric used to investigate social structures is the betweenness centrality measure. This measure not only reflects the direct ties but also the extent to which a node is connected to other nodes that are not directly connected to each other and act as an intermediary, liaisons, or bridge within the network. Therefore, these individuals may be able to act as brokers and have an intermediate position on the shortest path connecting the AIC community. Using the data set presented in Appendix A and Ucinet, the author was able to identify the top 15 performers using this metric.
  • 3. Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper By Elizabeth Quintanilla They are presented in the following table identified by the performer and their normalized betweenness statistic. BryanRoberts 18.142 AndyCrouch 7.689 CodyDearing 7.591 MikeFerstenfel 7.468 StephanieCook 7.095 JeremyLamb 6.410 ValerieWard 6.168 SeanHill 5.227 JohnRatliff 5.024 JasonVines 4.991 KareemBadr 3.884 AndreaYoung 2.950 KaciBeeler 2.946 KaceySamiee 2.933 BryanCruz 2.771 Table 2: Top 15 improvisers using Betweenness Centrality The average improviser in the network had approximately a normalized statistic of 0.768 with a standard deviation of 2.059. Eigenvector Centrality However, a node’s importance in a social structure may not necessarily be reflected by their number of direct ties but rather their direct and indirect ties to popular nodes. Therefore, eigenvector centrality measures the relative importance of the node in a network. It uses relative scores to all nodes in the network and is based on the principle that connections to nodes having a high score contribute more to the score of the node in question. Using the data set presented in Appendix A and Ucinet, the author was able to identify the top 15 performers using this metric. They are presented in the following table identified by the performer and their normalized eigenvector statistic. KaceySamiee 38.914 RoyJanik 35.729 KaciBeeler 33.541 KareemBadr 33.377 JasonVines 33.133 MikeKinald 32.249 AndyCrouch 31.968 WesBain 31.701 MattPollock 28.43 SaraFarr 28.338 TomBooker 24.092 SeanHill 22.671 ChrisAllen 21.63 TroyMiller 20.486 MarcMajcher 19.939 Table 3: Top 15 improvisers using Eigenvector Centrality
  • 4. Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper By Elizabeth Quintanilla The average improviser in the network had approximately a normalized statistic of 6.149 with a standard deviation of 9.053. Closeness Centrality The last metric used to identify the key improvisers in the AIC social network is the closeness centrality measure. This metric defines the degree in which a node is near (directly or indirectly) to all other nodes in the network. This reflects the node’s ability to say “I heard it through the grapevine” and their ability to reach everyone within the AIC network. Using the data set presented in Appendix A and Ucinet, the author was able to identify the top 15 performers using this metric. They are presented in the following table identified by the performer and their normalized Closeness statistic. JasonVines 61.481 AndyCrouch 61.481 KareemBadr 61.029 BryanRoberts 60.806 SeanHill 60.584 JeremyLamb 60.364 KaciBeeler 59.928 AndreaYoung 59.712 KaceySamiee 59.498 WesBain 58.865 MikeFerstenfel 58.865 RoyJanik 58.042 EricHeiberg 57.840 SaraFarr 57.639 CodyDearing 57.439 Table 4: Top 15 improvisers using Closeness Centrality The average improviser in the network had approximately a normalized statistic of 45.579 with a standard deviation of 8.202. Transmission Rate Nearly all of the improvisers regularly post to a forum that is dedicated to the AIC. The forum is used to inform people within the community about special projects, casting calls (such as for the weekly Maestro show), and parties. The different centrality metrics yielded a list of 25 improvisers who are listed in Table 5 with their overall number of postings. KaceySamiee 379 AndyCrouch 1559 JasonVines 1257 MikeKinald 440 KareemBadr 2242 WesBain 2185 MattPollock 307
  • 5. Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper By Elizabeth Quintanilla KaciBeeler 1088 RoyJanik 1704 SaraFarr 1380 SeanHill 54 TomBooker 38 BryanRoberts 164 ChrisAllen 1091 JeremyLamb 1724 CodyDearing 1336 MikeFerstenfel 114 StephanieCook Unsure based on username ValerieWard 675 JohnRatliff 1046 AndreaYoung 748 BryanCruz Unsure based on username TroyMiller 143 MarcMajcher 570 EricHeiberg 63 Table 5: The Top Improvisers based on the 4 Centrality Metrics However, the top 15 improvisers who post the most actively on the AIC forum but did not make the top 15 list on any of the centrality metrics happened to be: Shannon McCormick, Julie Lucas, Justin York, Chris Trew, and Mo Daviau. Conclusions The Austin Improv Collective is a very dynamic social network. It does have a strong central core with several key active performers who link together this volunteer based social structure. The traditional analysis used in social network theory can be applied to the AIC. It was shown that the AIC has a strong central structure. Additionally, the centrality metrics yield consistent results and identify a core group of 25 individuals who are influential within the network. However, these metrics seem to miss certain key individuals who have a strong influence in the network. For example, Shannon McCormick is on of the producers for the annual Out Of Bounds Improv Comedy Festival. Mo and Chris both had key volunteer roles in this festival. Additionally, Justin York and Chris Trew are key members of ColdTowne. This troupe runs another venue for improv comedy. Additionally, this analysis fails to illustrate the key roles that the instructors/coaches have on the community. I recommend that any future studies on this network include known social ties through venue/show management, festival preparations, friendship links through online communities such as Facebook and MySpace, as well as a questionnaire to determine the strength of the ties between individuals.
  • 6. Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper By Elizabeth Quintanilla Appendix A: The Troupes and Improvisers The information is listed by troupe and then lists the improvisers who are in the troupe. The following data format was used because of its ease of importing into Ucinet. The software package used to run the statistical network analysis. GirlsGirlsGirls ShanaMerlin GirlsGirlsGirls MadelineMalka GirlsGirlsGirls JohnRatliff GirlsGirlsGirls ShellyMiller GirlsGirlsGirls JenCargill GirlsGirlsGirls KaceySamiee GirlsGirlsGirls MoDaviau GirlsGirlsGirls JulieLucas GirlsGirlsGirls AndreaYoung McNicholandMay BobMcNichol McNicholandMay ErikaMay TheFrankMills BobMcNichol TheFrankMills ErikaMay TheFrankMills RachelMadorsky TheFrankMills DaveBuckman ImprovforEvil NadineLatief ImprovforEvil MikeKinald ImprovforEvil MarcMajcher ImprovforEvil MattPollock ImprovforEvil BobApthorpe ImprovforEvil JasonVines ImprovforEvil EricHeiberg StarTreking TroyMiller StarTreking JayMichael StarTreking DavidLampe StarTreking KaceySamiee StarTreking AndyCrouch StarTreking SeanHill StarTreking ShanaMerlin StarTreking RoyJanik StarTreking KareemBadr StarTreking KaciBeeler StarTreking ChrisAllen StarTreking WesBain StarTreking ChristinadeRoos StarTreking SaraFarr StarTreking JasonVines StarTreking JustinDavis StarTreking CodyDearing PoliteSociety AndyCrouch PoliteSociety MichaelFerstenfeld PoliteSociety KendleWade PoliteSociety SeanOBrien PoliteSociety KanYan PoliteSociety CaitlinSweet LookCookie LeahMoss
  • 7. Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper By Elizabeth Quintanilla LookCookie KerriLendo LookCookie CodyDearing LookCookie JerryBilbo LookCookie EricSeufert LookCookie BradleyJackson LookCookie MichaelWilliams LookCookie BryanRoberts LookCookie RyanHarrison Parrallogramophonograph KareemBadr Parrallogramophonograph KaciBeeler Parrallogramophonograph RoyJanik Parrallogramophonograph ValerieWard HooversBlanket ChrisAllen HooversBlanket ErinMolson HooversBlanket AlexNixon HooversBlanket BryanRoberts HooversBlanket AndyPereira HooversBlanket JasonVines HooversBlanket RoyJanik HooversBlanket KaciBeeler HooversBlanket WesBain HooversBlanket KareemBadr HooversBlanket SaraFarr LeadingBrands FrankWillmore LeadingBrands GeneJoe LeadingBrands AmyMcKenna LeadingBrands MikeMcGill LeadingBrands SaraFarr LeadingBrands JamesRoberts LeadingBrands EricHeiberg AvailableCupholders JeremyLamb AvailableCupholders BillStern AvailableCupholders JonBenner AvailableCupholders MichaelJoplin AvailableCupholders AceManning ColdTowne MikeJastroch ColdTowne TamiNelson ColdTowne ArthurSimone ColdTowne ChrisTrew ColdTowne JustinYork ColdTowne ArthurSimone GetUp ShannonMcCormick GetUp ShanaMerlin GetUp SaraFarr Junk AndreaYoung Junk TedRutherford Junk TroyMiller Junk AndyCrouch Junk SeanHill Starterkit AdenKirschner Starterkit AnnWilson Starterkit BradTemple Starterkit EricGarcia Starterkit JustinDavis Starterkit ZachPalmer MidnightSociety LanceGilstrap
  • 8. Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper By Elizabeth Quintanilla MidnightSociety NickRameriz MidnightSociety AndyPetruzzo MidnightSociety AndrewLee MidnightSociety StevenShort MidnightSociety ElizabethLeader MidnightSociety StephanieCook MidnightSociety JerichoThorpe MidnightSociety JoelKeith Gigglepants ThaiLe Gigglepants BryanCruz Gigglepants DavidToscano Gigglepants MichaelChampion Gigglepants MichaelBird Gigglepants MichealDomangue Gigglepants AlexBiasci Gigglepants AlexNavissi Gigglepants WesReynolds Gigglepants BryanRoberts Gigglepants SarahEshelman Gigglepants JaminaKouhane Gigglepants SandraCuya Gigglepants MeghanWolff Gigglepants JavierSanchez Gigglepants RainerSigwald Gigglepants MoniqueMalanado OneAM TamiNelson OneAM ChrisTrew VertigoRamp TedRutherford VertigoRamp CraigKotfas TheKnuckelballNow MikeDAlonzo TheKnuckelballNow CraigKotfas TheKnuckelballNow MichaelJoplin TheKnuckelballNow DaveModigliani 1813Drake AndyCrouch 1813Drake AsafRonen SuspiciousPackage MattPollock SuspiciousPackage JasonVines PerfectSeason KaciBeeler PerfectSeason RoyJanik Firth&Arjet KristinFirth Firth&Arjet JessicaArjet $10Bourbon TerrilFisher $10Bourbon AlexNixon $10Bourbon AndyPereira ISnoodBear WesBain ISnoodBear ChristinadeRoos FlyingTheaterMachinesWangDangDoodleHour JessicaArjet FlyingTheaterMachinesWangDangDoodleHour SeanHill FlyingTheaterMachinesWangDangDoodleHour SaraFarr FlyingTheaterMachinesWangDangDoodleHour MattPollock FlyingTheaterMachinesWangDangDoodleHour MarcMajcher FlyingTheaterMachinesWangDangDoodleHour RobertArjet FlyingTheaterMachinesWangDangDoodleHour JasonVines TheDarkBloodlords RoyJanik TheDarkBloodlords KaciBeeler TheDarkBloodlords MikeJastroch
  • 9. Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper By Elizabeth Quintanilla TheDarkBloodlords MikeKinald TheDarkBloodlords AndyCrouch TheDarkBloodlords JasonVines FrogtownHollowJubileeJugband WesBain FrogtownHollowJubileeJugband JordanMaxwell FrogtownHollowJubileeJugband ChrisTrew FrogtownHollowJubileeJugband KaciBeeler FrogtownHollowJubileeJugband EricHeiberg FrogtownHollowJubileeJugband JasonVines LetsRock CodyDearing LetsRock DavidZimmerman LetsRock JasonVines TheSmokingArm MikeJastroch TheSmokingArm JustinYork TheSmokingArm BobMcNichol TheSmokingArm ErikaMay TheSmokingArm StephanieCook TheSmokingArm KareemBadr TheSmokingArm CodyDearing TheSmokingArm JohnRatliff TheSmokingArm JasonVines VinylDestination ValerieWard VinylDestination ChristinadeRoos VinylDestination KristinFirth VinylDestination CodyDearing VinylDestination JohnRatliff VinylDestination BillStern VinylDestination JasonVines YouMeandGreg GregSpencer YouMeandGreg PhilAulie YouMeandGreg DougPena Spawndoodalie JenCargill Spawndoodalie ErinPlishke Spawndoodalie NatMiller HeroesofComedy AndyCrouch HeroesofComedy DavidLampe HeroesofComedy ChrisOrf HeroesofComedy KareemBadr HeroesofComedy KaceySamiee HeroesofComedy ChristinadeRoos HeroesofComedy DaveWallace HeroesofComedy SeanHill ConspiracyButter BrianBoyko ConspiracyButter ChrisTrew WhirledNewsTonight ScottChester WhirledNewsTonight KareemBadr WhirledNewsTonight WesBain WhirledNewsTonight KaciBeeler WhirledNewsTonight KaceySamiee WhirledNewsTonight ChrisTrew WhirledNewsTonight RoyJanik mrhappychocolatesunshine CodyDearing mrhappychocolatesunshine AndreaYoung ASipofChantico KristinFirth ASipofChantico BillGrandberg CockSound AndreaYoung CockSound ChristinadeRoos
  • 10. Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper By Elizabeth Quintanilla CockSound ValerieWard YoureFat RachelMadorsky YoureFat JillMorris PerfectSeason RoyJanik PerfectSeason KaciBeeler Threefield WesBain Threefield KareemBadr Threefield RoyJanik Kazillionaire MadelineMalka Kazillionaire JeremyLamb BridgeportWomensCorrectionalFacilityImpromptuSkitPlayers JillMorris BridgeportWomensCorrectionalFacilityImpromptuSkitPlayers ErikaMay BridgeportWomensCorrectionalFacilityImpromptuSkitPlayers JenCargill BridgeportWomensCorrectionalFacilityImpromptuSkitPlayers RachelMadorsky BridgeportWomensCorrectionalFacilityImpromptuSkitPlayers KaciBeeler BridgeportWomensCorrectionalFacilityImpromptuSkitPlayers TamiNelson BridgeportWomensCorrectionalFacilityImpromptuSkitPlayers MadelineMalka TheGreatMundane ChristinadeRoos TheGreatMundane JordanMaxwell TheGreatMundane KaceySamiee TheGreatMundane JayBernardo TheGreatMundane JeffAmos CopsandLawyers WesBain CopsandLawyers KareemBadr CopsandLawyers ChristinadeRoos CopsandLawyers KaceySamiee CopsandLawyers TroyMiller CopsandLawyers DavidLampe CopsandLawyers SeanCooper CopsandLawyers JayMichael CopsandLawyers ChrisOrf CopsandLawyers ShanaMerlin CopsandLawyers AndyCrouch SignifyingNothing ValerieWard SignifyingNothing WesBain SuiGeneris DaveWallace SuiGeneris RoyJanik SuiGeneris KareemBadr SuiGeneris WesBain TheNewlybedGame JeremyLamb TheNewlybedGame ChrisAllen TheNewlybedGame DanuUribe TheNewlybedGame ChristinadeRoos TheNewlybedGame WesBain TheNewlybedGame GuillermoDeLeon TheNewlybedGame JeannieDeLeon fartclownglasses MikeJastroch fartclownglasses JillMorris fartclownglasses ChrisTrew fartclownglasses AndreaYoung RoyRoyRoy RachelMadorsky RoyRoyRoy JillMorris RoyRoyRoy ArthurSimone RoyRoyRoy AndyCrouch RoyRoyRoy ChrisTrew RoyRoyRoy EricHeiberg RoyRoyRoy ValerieWard
  • 11. Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper By Elizabeth Quintanilla RoyRoyRoy JustinYork RoyRoyRoy AndreaYoung IAmATruck ValerieWard IAmATruck AndyCrouch IAmATruck BobMcNichol IAmATruck JenCargill IAmATruck ErikaMay BlueBalls AndyPereria BlueBalls DaveBuckman BlueBalls RachelMadorsky HarryPotter RoyJanik HarryPotter KaciBeeler HarryPotter AndyCrouch HarryPotter MikeKinald HarryPotter MarcMajcher HarryPotter JasonVines HarryPotter SaraFarr RoaldDahl ShanaMerlin RoaldDahl AndyCrouch RoaldDahl MikeKinald RoaldDahl MarcMajcher RoaldDahl ErinMolson RoaldDahl SaraFarr PlaysWellShakespeare LesMcGehee PlaysWellShakespeare AndyCrouch PlaysWellShakespeare ShanaMerlin PlaysWellShakespeare JodieEgerton PlaysWellShakespeare RobertFaires NoLeft JohnRatliff NoLeft BillStern Punch LanceGilstrap Punch LeahMoss Punch JohnRatliff PuppetGun KareemBadr PuppetGun EricHeiberg PuppetGun RoyJanik PuppetGun JohnRatliff PuppetGun KaceySamiee TheLateNightLunchShow AdenKirschner TheLateNightLunchShow EricGarcia TheLateNightLunchShow WilliamOakley HankandTony JerryBilbo HankandTony EricSeufert TheExtraordinaryLeague AdenKirschner TheExtraordinaryLeague DavidObermann TheExtraordinaryLeague SaraFarr TheExtraordinaryLeague ZachPalmer CostaCider ChrisAllen CostaCider JeffBritt CostaCider BryanRoberts Interrobang WesBain Interrobang ChristinadeRoos Interrobang ChristieIngram Interrobang ShawnLeventhal Interrobang ErikAdams OneNightBand CraigKotfas OneNightBand JeremyLamb
  • 12. Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper By Elizabeth Quintanilla OneNightBand MikeDAlonzo OneNightBand BillStern OneNightBand JeffAmos OneNightBand ChrisAlonzo OneNightBand BurtMcCallister OneNightBand RichieLozano OneNightBand MargaretMyrick OneNightBand TimGirardeaux OneNightBand JohnRatliff OneNightBand MichaelJoplin OneNightBand JustinSpencer OneNightBand BrendanBigalow OneNightBand SeanHill OneNightBand AmyMcCurdy OneNightBand MichaelBrockman OneNightBand AceManning OneNightBand KoreySimeone OneNightBand CodyDearing Ed32 CurtisLuciani Ed32 StephenRobinson Ed32 BobJones Ed32 CaitlinSweet Ed32 ChadDuffy Ed32 ChrisKelley Ed32 JayBernardo Ed32 MargaretWardlaw Ed32 MaggieBurns Ed32 ValerieWard Ed32 SeanOBrien Ed32 RachelPearson Ed32 AlexisKanter Ed32 MikeFerstenfel Ed32 GrahamSchmidt Ed32 BrianPargac Ed32 SarahBayne Ed32 KanYan Ed32 KendleWade Ed32 BryanCruz Maestro LesMcGehee Maestro MattPollock Maestro TomBooker Maestro AnnWilson Maestro MikeKinald Maestro GeneJoe Maestro EricGarcia Maestro ErikAdams Maestro MikeFerstenfel Maestro AndreaYoung Maestro EricHeiberg Maestro ErinMolson Maestro BryanRoberts Maestro MattPollock Maestro SaraFarr Maestro AmyMcKenna Maestro TomBooker Maestro WesBain Maestro BradTemple
  • 13. Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper By Elizabeth Quintanilla Maestro PeterRogers Maestro JeffBritt Maestro JustinDavis Maestro NadineLatief Maestro ChrisAllen Maestro KaceySamiee Maestro RichRoss Maestro AndyCrouch Maestro RoyJanik Maestro KaciBeeler Maestro KristinFirth Maestro MikeKinald Maestro AdenKirschner Maestro PhilAulie Maestro AlbertJin Maestro BeckBennett Maestro KyleMooney Maestro NickRutherford Maestro JeremyLamb Maestro SeanHill Maestro KaceySamiee Maestro DaveWallace Maestro TroyMiller Maestro MarkCarpenter Maestro JasonVines Maestro KareemBadr Maestro MarcMajcher Maestro JessicaArjet Maestro MikeMcGill Maestro ShawnLeventhal Maestro JamesRoberts Maestro Lindsey
  • 14. Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper By Elizabeth Quintanilla Appendix B: The AIC social network diagram
  • 15. Social Networks and Organization Independent Study Final Paper By Elizabeth Quintanilla Appendix C: The List of the Core Groups in the AIC Using the 2-Mode Categorical Core/Periphery Model option in Ucinet, it was determined that the AIC has a central core of groups in which their connections link across the entire AIC social network. These groups are as follows: 1) Midnight Society 2) Girls, Girls, Girls 3) Hank and Tony 4) Available Cupholders 5) Heroes of Comedy 6) Hoovers Blanket 7) Frogtown Hollow Jubilee Jugband 8) ColdTowne 9) Improv for Evil 10) Cops and Lawyers 11) Leading Brands 12) Ed32 13) Gigglepants 14) The Newlybed Game 15) One Night Band 16) Starterkit 17) Polite Society 18) Harry Potter 19) Roy Roy Roy 20) Maestro 21) The Extraordinary League 22) Star Treking