Introduction

Network Theory, Education and Diffusion of knowledge

Abstract

Our intention is to present this special issue on the theory of networks, education and knowledge diffusion by outlining the articles that compose it. Our online journal consists of research in the field of communication and related areas,and for this issue we gathered papers on the theory of networks, education and knowledge diffusion. Readers of this issue will find theoretical models that, based on simulations, aid in the explanation and prediction of processes such as the diffusion of knowledge in social networks, in which collaboration and cooperation between individuals take place; they will also find models of networks related to the understanding of discourses, either as tools of support or as method and technique of analysis. There is also a work that deals with the mapping of interaction networks among the various actors that make up communities of practice. Finally, there is an article that presents a standard protocol for the description of digital games.