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In the 21st century, much of the study of social contagion involves online networks and communities. Social contagion involves behaviour, emotions, or conditions spreading spontaneously through a group or network.
Sep 24, 2022 · Social contagion is the spread of emotions or behaviors from one individual to another, sometimes without awareness. Social contagion processes become problematic when they lead to spates of...
Social contagion is an ubiquitous process by which information, such as attitudes, emotions, or behaviors, are rapidly spread throughout a group from one member to others without rational thought and reason. From: Encyclopedia of Mental Health (Third Edition), 2023
Feb 2, 2013 · We describe the regularities that led us to propose that human social networks may exhibit a ‘three degrees of influence’ property, and we review statistical approaches we have used to characterize interpersonal influence with respect to phenomena as diverse as obesity, smoking, cooperation, and happiness.
- Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler
- 10.1002/sim.5408
- 2013
- 2013/02/02
Mar 11, 2014 · This process, called social contagion, can amplify the spread of information in a social network. Understanding the mechanics of social contagion is crucial to many applications:...
- Nathan Oken Hodas, Kristina Lerman
- 2015
Recent studies conclude that happiness and depression may be highly contagious across social ties. The results may be biased, however, due to selection and common shocks. We provide unbiased estimates by using exogenous variation from college roommate assignments.
Jul 23, 2023 · Social contagion is the process of incorporating other people’s errors into one’s own memory. Individuals often remember with other people and collaborate with others on memory tasks. For example, friends and families reminisce together, students work...
