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***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** For emotional contagion, also add: Hatfield, E., Cacioppo, J. L. & Rapson, R. L. (1993). Emotional contagion. Current Directions in Psychological Sciences, 2, 96-99. http://www.elainehatfield.com/ch50.pdf De Waal finds evidence of emotional contagion in primates as well: de Waal, Frans (1996). Good Natured. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. What I wonder is how can you tell when it is emotional contagion or cost/benefit analysis (cognitive) coursing through the network? -Robert On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Marc Idelson (¤¨¤¦´Ë) <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** > > This whole thread (emotion contagion, tipping points) reminds me of > fractal percolation models in physics. Are they being applied in > social networks models ? > -- > > Marc Idelson (¤¨¤¦´Ë) > > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 2:22 AM, Moses Boudourides > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** > > > > Harrison C. White argues in Network Switchings and Bayesian Forks: > > Reconstructing the Social and Behavioral Sciences: > > > > "Ties of a type are both network and domain, both relation and talk. > > It is talk that switches, not tie¡Xand certainly not persons, they > > being deposits and byproducts of the process. The substance of a type > > of tie lies in what reflexive accountings are accepted in that > > network-domain as warranties, and in what are the presuppositions and > > entailments. These can all together be approximated as a particular > > set of accepted stories. > > Thus, within a particular micro-historical setting, the tie is also a > > boundary, which comes as the envelope of a joint selection process > > across story set." > > > > If this is the case and furthermore there is access to the textual (or > > audio-visual, video etc.) content of ties-stories in a social network, > > then one could use various machine-learning techniques to do something > > like sentiment (or opinion) analysis, in which sentiments like fear > > (for example) might arise among the harvested parameters under > > consideration. > > > > However, in a literal sense, what Harrison White insinuates is the > > importance of edge(tie)-based attributes over actor-based ones. This > > could mean that one might need to elaborate a sort of assortativity > > analysis for edge attributes, instead of vertex attributes (already > > studied extensively). In particular, this would necessitate a > > comprehensive analysis of multiplexity in social networks, not so much > > from the point of view of aggregating all the existing multirelational > > (sub)patterns but mainly from the angle of their (inter)correlations > > and adjacencies. Note that, if ties are directed, then there are > > multiple ways to define line correlations and adjacencies, which > > result to different ways of obtaining useful network aggregations > > (such as community partitions etc.). > > > > --Moses > > > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Stephen D. Bird - sbird > > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** > >> > >> Fowler and Christakis¡¦ work on happiness, and others, seems to imply > that > >> emotion is socially mediated¡K > >> > >> > >> > >> Fowler, James H., and Nicholas A. Christakis. "Dynamic spread of > happiness > >> in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the > >> Framingham Heart Study." BMJ: British medical journal 337 (2008). > >> > >> > >> > >> Cacioppo, John T., James H. Fowler, and Nicholas A. Christakis. "Alone > in > >> the crowd: the structure and spread of loneliness in a large social > >> network." Journal of personality and social psychology 97.6 (2009): 977. > >> > >> > >> > >> Hill, Alison L., et al. "Emotions as infectious diseases in a large > social > >> network: the SISa model." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological > >> Sciences277.1701 (2010): 3827-3835. > >> > >> > >> > >> Stephen Bird - Assistant Professor, Political Science; Clarkson > >> University > >> > >> 315-268-3990; (c) 857-753-5507; http://people.clarkson.edu/~sbird/ > >> > >> > >> > >> For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and > >> wrong ~H. L. Mencken > >> > >> > >> > >> From: Social Networks Discussion Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > >> Behalf Of John T. Maloney > >> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 1:21 PM > >> > >> > >> To: [log in to unmask] > >> Subject: Re: [SOCNET] Fear in Networks > >> > >> > >> > >> ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** > >> > >> Fear is an emotion. It¡¦s an affected state of consciousness. Are > emotions > >> socially mediated? Contagious? Networks? Are emotions homophilous? Not > >> sure. Maybe anxious people like other anxious people. Who knows? Lots of > >> people like scary movies. Do joyful people hangout with other joyful > people? > >> If any are true then study of any emotion, joy, sorrow, love, etc., > would > >> probably indicate some network propagation. Interesting question. > >> > >> > >> > >> Meanwhile, where do emotions, opinions and actions begin and start? > >> ¡¥Diffusion of Innovation¡¦ is well studied. Does ¡¥Diffusion of Emotion¡¦ > make > >> sense? We all know ¡¥Diffusion of Opinion¡¦ matters. It¡¦s a huge global > media > >> business. Can emotions exhibit herd behaviors? Etc. > >> > >> > >> > >> IMO, emotions are innate properties that are relatively sticky and > >> individual, e.g., people don¡¦t get fearful/scared because someone next > to > >> them is scared. Someone gets scared when there is a perceived threat. > If the > >> threat comes from an edge, that¡¦s different. > >> > >> > >> > >> For example, would you be sorrowful at a wake for an unknown person? > Me? No. > >> > >> > >> > >> -j > >> > >> > >> > >> Possible paradox: Would you be joyful at an Irish wake for a known > person? > >> Yes, definitely. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> From: Social Networks Discussion Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > >> Behalf Of Valdis Krebs > >> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 9:01 AM > >> To: [log in to unmask] > >> Subject: Re: [SOCNET] Fear in Networks > >> > >> > >> > >> ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** > >> > >> > >> > >> Robert, we are talking about both: emergence of opinion/stand in a > network > >> and emergence/distribution of fear in a network. I am running across > more > >> and more client situations where it is important to understand fear in > human > >> networks, and how it spreads. > >> > >> > >> > >> Mark, thanks for the "Experiments in Social Computation" link... looks > very > >> interesting! > >> > >> > >> > >> Valdis > >> > >> > >> > >> On Oct 3, 2013, at 9:56 AM, nativebuddha wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** > >> > >> I think it's important to emphasize that we are talking about the > broader > >> idea of "changing opinion" in a network, rather than the more specific > >> concept of "fear". You might find more supporting literature if you > re-frame > >> it this way. > >> > >> > >> > >> -Robert > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 5:11 AM, Mark Kibanov <[log in to unmask]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** > >> > >> Michael Kearns in "Experiments in Social Computation" > >> (Doi:10.1145/2347736.2347753, > >> http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~mkearns/papers/CACM.pdf) showed interesting > series > >> of experiments. One of them showed how a well-connected minority > changes the > >> opinion of majority (see Figure 7). The minority may even not know they > are > >> minority. He personally called it a "republican phenomena" during his > >> keynote. > >> > >> > >> > >> Hope, it brings you further. > >> > >> > >> > >> Best regards, > >> > >> Mark > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Mark Kibanov Tel.: +49-(0)561-804-6253 > >> > >> [log in to unmask] www.kde.cs.uni-kassel.de/kibanov/ > >> > >> > >> > >> Am 03.10.2013 um 04:57 schrieb Valdis Krebs <[log in to unmask]>: > >> > >> > >> > >> ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** > >> > >> Looking at the current US government shutdown... it "appears" that a > small > >> group of far-right politicians (a minority in their own Republican > Party) > >> have sway over the rest of the party (many of whom do not want the > >> shutdown), but out of fear(apparently) all Republicans are > supporting/voting > >> the minority view. > >> > >> Can a smart sociologist explain what is going on? Have any SNA studies > been > >> done on how a small minority(~10%) controls a majority in a bounded > network? > >> Any good papers on fear in networks? > >> > >> Valdis Krebs > >> http://orgnet.com > >> http://thenetworkthinkers.com > >> > >> _____________________________________________________________________ > >> SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social > >> network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send > >> an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line > >> UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. > >> > >> > >> > >> _____________________________________________________________________ > SOCNET > >> is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network > >> researchers (http://www.insna.org). 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