
Figure 1
Several kinship terminology systems (Creative Commons resource).
Source: https://www.coursesidekick.com/sociology/study-guides/boundless-sociology/family [visited 7-1-2024].

Figure 2
Network of gossip. Color = same linguistic group. Dashed line = same church. Solid line = same school. Arrows = gossip direction.
Source: Data from McCarty et al., 2019.

Figure 3
The personal network of a Dominican male in Barcelona. Color gradation refers to the emotional closeness, and the different clusters numbered to different social settings (family ties, job, and softball).
Source: Data from McCarty et al., 2019.

Figure 4
Factors affecting empirical personal networks.
Source: Author’s contribution.

Figure 5
Top: Personal Network in a centrality layout with the degree of emotional closeness perceived by ego. Bottom: the same personal network arranged in different levels corresponding to a ranking of statuses. In both cases, color graduation also represents closeness, with triangles and circles representing males and females, respectively (drawings produced with visone.info).
Source: Author’s contribution.