Hyperlink Network Analysis: A New Method for the Study of Social Structure on the Web1

2 Han Woo Park received his B.A. and M.A. from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and Seoul National University of South Korea respectively, in Communication and Information, and his Ph.D. in the School of Informatics from State University of New York at Buffalo (2002). Currently, he is Research Associate at Networked Research & Digital Information (Nerdi), Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services (NIWI), Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences (KNAW), Joan Muyskenweg 25, PO Box 95110, 1090 HC Amsterdam, The Netherlands, T 3120 4628737, F 3120 6658013. Email: parkhanwoo@ hotmail.com. Web: http://www.niwi.knaw.nl/nerdi, http://www.pscw.uva.nl/ascor/, http://www.wmw.utwente.nl/wtmc/. He has published his papers in international journals such as the Journal of American Society for Information Science and Technology. His research focuses on collaboration, hyperlink networks, information society policy, virtual community, international communication, and communications via new media such as the Internet.