internetsociometry

[Diana Jones]

Hello Bud, Ann, Adam and everyone,
 
I'd love to be part of the group exploring and establishing effective
internet sociometry processes whereby people's are valued with their
choices and responses, and where there is not a great rush to display
the sociogram or results, other than with the specific group of
participants. I wonder if this is possible. 
 
 This is a really important area. As you are aware, the social network
analysts overlook the responses of participants completely, and gather
and display their data frequently without the participants knowing the
data has been collected, and the results are published in international
journals under the guise of research. I am glad we are not considering
this approach. 
 
What would be the purpose of this exploration? So far Bud, you have
several proposals in yoru initial email. You are relating to
'sociometrising ASGPP', and choosing 5 people to to be in a panel on a
topic yet to be chosen. In this way, many of us who connect with
grouptalk listserve are not members of ASGPP would not be included. Is
this what you are thinking? I am keen to be involved in the discussion
of internet sociometry, however I am not a member of ASGPP. Another is
to see the evolving social atoms displayed by ASGPP member's
connections, and another is producing discussion groups at the April 07
ASGPP conference. That sounds great and highly attractive to me as a
potential conference attender. 
 
I like very much you want us to discover how to produce
internetsociometry. And I like very much you want us to use the
technology available to us to communicate more effectively with one
another. It is a great offer you are making. I participated in an
American learning forum as a listener using this the free dial -in
invitation earlier this year, and was sitting up in bed at 5am (1.30pm
EST) listening to a presentation with a power point presentation in
front of me. I was very stimulated at the time, however I have yet to
follow up with the forum. 
 
I have used a mix of group meetings and email with participants
completing a sociomatrix and people emailed me a copy of their choices.
I was delighted by the honesty fo the responses, knowing the
participants, considering they were not in the same room with one
another as they made their choices. I dont think that was a sociometric
process. Participants knew they would be sharing their choices and
reasons, one on one, with everyone in the group. Prior to the session, I
produced individual results of postive, negative and neutral choices
made, and the group averages and gavech person theirs during the group
session. 
 
I produced the maps (with no names as one person person had preferred
this) and then we processed the choices and results in a two day
workshop and more in subsquent meetings. I have found producing
sociograms is not always helpful or relevant to group development, and
sharing choices creates significant new links and ways of relating. 
 
With your proposals Bud,  creating a process for deciding who is in with
each one, and your proposals Ann's  regarding how the data will be used,
and who has access to it, and then processes for sharing choices,
reasons for who you have chosen or not chosen another, and being with
one another with these, presents a challenge for us. I look forward to
being part of progressive solutions. 
 
 regards, Diana Jones
 

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