Interrogating the Concept of Structural Holes in social networks Case Study: Chapter Seven of the Hosseinieh Mo’alla Television Program on Instagram

Rezaee, Fatemeh; Jamshidiha, Gholamreza

doi:10.22034/scs.2025.546776.1739

Interrogating the Concept of Structural Holes in social networks Case Study: Chapter Seven of the Hosseinieh Mo’alla Television Program on Instagram

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

fatemeh rezaee ¹

Gholamreza Jamshidiha ²

¹ PhD Student in Sociology at Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran (Corresponding author).

² Professor, Department of Islamic Social Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/scs.2025.546776.1739

Abstract

The present article critically examines the concept of structural holes in social networks, with a particular focus on Chapter Seven of the television program "Hosseinieh Mo’alla" on the Instagram platform. It aims to redefine the concept of “structural holes” within the indigenous cultural-religious framework of Islamic societies and proposes the approach of "Islamic Network Analysis." Employing a qualitative-combinative methodology that includes Qualitative Social Network Analysis (QSNA), thematic analysis, and multi-source content analysis, the study investigates the relational structure, the role of intermediaries, and the impact of network gaps on information flow and identity cohesion within the network.

Keywords

Gap

Hosseinieh Mo&‌‌‌‌‌‌‌rsquo

alla

Islamic Network Analysis(INA)

Qualitative social network analysis(QSNA)

Structural Holes

Subjects