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Initial studies using observational data by Christakis and Fowler suggested that a variety of attributes (like obesity, [4] smoking, [5] happiness [6] [7] and alcohol consumption [8]), rather than being individualistic, are casually correlated by contagion mechanisms that transmit such phenomena over long distances within social networks. [9]
Genopolitics is the study of the genetic basis of political behavior and attitudes. It combines behavior genetics, psychology, and political science and it is closely related to the emerging fields of neuropolitics (the study of the neural basis of political attitudes and behavior) and political physiology (the study of biophysical correlates of political attitudes and behavior).
Nicholas A. Christakis (US: / ˌ n ɪ k ə l ə s k r ɪ ˌ s t ɑː k ɪ s / NIK-ə-liss kriss-TAK-iss) (born May 7, 1962) is a Greek-American [1] sociologist and physician known for his research on social networks and on the social, economic, biological, and evolutionary determinants of human welfare (including the behavior, health, and capabilities of individuals and groups).
Beginning in the late 1990s, social network analysis experienced work by sociologists, political scientists, and physicists such as Duncan J. Watts, Albert-László Barabási, Peter Bearman, Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler, and others, developing and applying new models and methods to emerging data available about online social networks ...
In September 2009, Little, Brown & Co. published Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives by Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler. [36] Connected draws on previously published and unpublished studies, including the Framingham Heart Study and makes several new conclusions about the influence of ...
[1] [2] [3] With respect to positive social contagions, a series of experiments and field trials since 2009 (by Nicholas Christakis and diverse collaborators) have shown that cascades of desirable behaviors can be induced in social groups, in settings as diverse as Honduras villages, [4] [5] [6] Indian slums, [7] online, [8] or in the lab. [9]
Beginning in the late 1990s, social network analysis experienced a further resurgence with work by sociologists, political scientists, economists, computer scientists, and physicists such as Duncan J. Watts, Albert-László Barabási, Peter Bearman, Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler, Mark Newman, Matthew Jackson, Jon Kleinberg, and others ...
Social network analysis as a field has become more prominent since the mid-20th century in determining the channels and effects of social influence. For example, Christakis and Fowler found that social networks transmit states and behaviors such as obesity, [30] smoking, [31] [32] drinking [33] and happiness. [34]