http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/info2040/archives/1739 This is a supplemental blog for a course which will cover how the social, technological, and natural worlds are connected, and how the study of networks sheds light on these connections. Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:25:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/info2040/archives/1739#comment-1154 Cornell Info 204 Digest » Blog Archive Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:09:35 +0000 http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/info2040/archives/1739#comment-1154 [...] A number of recent posts on the class blog have discussed the importance of social networks in the fabric of communities. timo writes about differences in the patterns of strong and weak ties in small villages versus urban or suburban settings in highly developed parts of the world. icarus discusses a recent study indicating that people have access to increasing numbers of social connections, but that the number of strong ties per person is shrinking. The news article linked from the post quotes Robert Putnam, whose book Bowling Alone is one of the more extensive recent works to document this phenomenon. zachlipton writes about a study on the social network structures that surround entrepreneurs, and notes that the social network links one uses for emotional support may be different than those used for problem-solving or task-directed goals. It’s definitely true that in the discussion on weak ties, one of course shouldn’t forget that strong ties are crucial too, as is the interaction between strong and weak ties. See also the recent paper by Shi, Adamic, and Strauss on networks of strong ties. [...] […] A number of recent posts on the class blog have discussed the importance of social networks in the fabric of communities. timo writes about differences in the patterns of strong and weak ties in small villages versus urban or suburban settings in highly developed parts of the world. icarus discusses a recent study indicating that people have access to increasing numbers of social connections, but that the number of strong ties per person is shrinking. The news article linked from the post quotes Robert Putnam, whose book Bowling Alone is one of the more extensive recent works to document this phenomenon. zachlipton writes about a study on the social network structures that surround entrepreneurs, and notes that the social network links one uses for emotional support may be different than those used for problem-solving or task-directed goals. It’s definitely true that in the discussion on weak ties, one of course shouldn’t forget that strong ties are crucial too, as is the interaction between strong and weak ties. See also the recent paper by Shi, Adamic, and Strauss on networks of strong ties. […]

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