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Social Network Theory(SNT) Have you ever wondered how Google, Facebook or Twitter became such a vast and large platform? Is there any mathematical concept behind it? Yes, there is: Social Network Theory! Networks have made it possible for Google, Facebook or Twitter like platforms to expand themselves. The theory explaining these social networks is known as Social Network Theory. This blog post will give you an idea of what social network theory is and where it's used. Social Network Theory is the part of Network Theory in Graph Theory. A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals, groups or organisation) and social interactions/relationships between actors. And the theory that explains these interactions/relationships is called social network theory(SNT). SNT tells us how networks influence behaviour. The graph of a social network consists of both dots/nodes and lines/edges where dots represent the actors and lines represent the rel