Wijeratne, YudhanjayaSamarajiva, RohanLokanathan, SriganeshSurendra, AparnaFernando, Lasantha2018-04-092018-04-092018-03http://hdl.handle.net/10625/56921Social network connectivity between nations potentially serves as a way of exploring networks of international communities, human movement and economic activity. This connectivity often appears to transcend governmental and political barriers (such as between India and Pakistan, for example). Initial exploratory analysis reveals that social network data does strongly correlate to trade and migration between countries, but not to the distance between countries. Some prospective challenges are also outlined for this study.application/pdfenSOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSISSOCIAL NETWORK DATABIG DATAFACEBOOKDATA MININGCONNECTIVITYINTERNET USEINTERNET ACCESSSOUTH ASIAMIGRATIONGLOBALData Product