Found a website that boast about a “Top 10″ list of visualization tools for social media.

Visualization is a technique to graphically represent sets of data that makes it easier to read and understand. Tools for visualization exist in search, social networks, online communities, mobile apps and desktop applications.

Although there is a poll at the end of the article where readers can vote their favorite visualization tool, the highest number of voter is only 7 persons… Meh!

Came across a few research report involving the use of NWN in a NATO related research, conducted by Rik Warren and Janet Sutton of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Behavior Modeling Branch.

• Warren & Sutton. (2008). Using a Computer Game for Research on Culture and Team Adaptability: Lessons Learned from a NATO Experiment.
• Warren, R. (2011) Culture & Cognition Laboratory.

Abstract: (Warren 2008). In order to investigate the performance of mixed- versus homogeneous-culture military teams, the NATO RTO Research Task Group, HFM-138/RTG on Adaptability in Multinational Coalitions conducted an experiment using a complex, but very absorbing and immersive, computer-based role-play game using a modern urban search-for-contraband scenario. Game-play required planning, resource allocation, situation awareness, communication, and coordination for successful performance. This paper briefly describes the experiment and its results prior to discussing the lessons learned in conducting the experiment. It focuses on practical methodological and logistical implications for future research on culture and teamwork using computer games in general. It also considers deeper issues in hypothesis generation, scenario and task definition, experimental design, data analysis, and results presentation and communication.