With the world becoming more interconnected with the internet, people can share their ideologies with a significant amount of people without meeting them in person. This results in the barriers of communication such as distance and time differences being removed and the ability to access discussions becomes more available to the general public.
With social media and online discussion boards not being controlled by regulations and the ability for non-transparency, specific ideals can be broadcast throughout the social network without any accountability. This leads to
The inclusion of natural barriers like distance are what prevent the intermingling of individuals in different areas, leading to natural filters that regulate the flow of information. Without these barriers, location is no longer a main factor when analyzing the social network.
As a result, the analysis of social and information networks cannot solely rely on the location of a individual node in a geographic area as its edges connecting other nodes may be in significantly different areas.
This is interesting with respect to the course because a simple graph with edges connecting nodes that communicate with one another does not give a complete picture of the situation, as the actual network has location as part of the structure and the channels of communication can be unpredictable.