Welcome to the VOSON Project
The Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks (VOSON) Project is based at the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, The Australian National Univeristy. We aim to advance the Social Science of the Internet through new empirical research into online networks and the development of the following associated e-Research tools:
- VOSON System - web-based software for the collection and analysis of online network data; incorporates web mining, data visualisation, and social network analysis (SNA).
- VOSON-sns - a Drupal module for collecting and analysing SNA data from a Drupal social network site. To be released early in 2010.
- VOSON NodeXL Data Provider - a plugin for NodeXL (Network Overview, Discovery and Exploration for Excel), which is a template for Excel 2007. The VOSON NodeXL Data Provider plugin allows VOSON account holders users to access VOSON System functionality (data collection and processing) from within NodeXL. Alpha version released February 2010.
Breaking news
- December 2009 - Two PhD scholarships available for Australian Research Council-funded project "The role of online social networks in successful ageing: benefitting from 'who you know' at older ages". More details.
- December 2009 - ACSPRI Summer Program 'Online Research Methods' short course confirmed. More details.
Guest users
From this site, as a guest, you can:- Access the VOSON System. Note that the VOSON System currently only works with the Firefox browser (Internet Explorer will not work!). Further, note that as a guest user, you will only be able to access limited functionality. Read here for instructions on using the VOSON System as a guest user.
- Apply for a VOSON System user account. Please read this page before applying.