The rhythms of transient relationships: allocating time between weekdays and weekends
A fundamental question of any new relationship is, will it last? Transient relationships, recently defined by the authors, are an ideal type of social tie to explore this question: these relationships are characterized by distinguishable starting and ending temporal points, linking the question of t...
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| author | Valentín Vergara Hidd Mailun Zhang Simone Centellegher Sam G. B. Roberts Bruno Lepri Eduardo López |
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| description | A fundamental question of any new relationship is, will it last? Transient relationships, recently defined by the authors, are an ideal type of social tie to explore this question: these relationships are characterized by distinguishable starting and ending temporal points, linking the question of tie longevity to relationship finite lifetime. In this study, we use mobile phone data sets from the UK and Italy to analyse the weekly allocation of time invested in maintaining transient relationships. We find that more relationships are created during weekdays, with a greater proportion of them receiving more contact during these days of the week in the long term. The smaller group of relationships that receive more phone calls during the weekend tend to remain active for more time. We uncover a sorting process by which some ties are moved from weekdays to weekends and vice versa, mostly in the first half of the relationship. This process also carries more information about the ultimate lifetime of a tie than the part of the week when the relationship started, which suggests an early evaluation period that leads to a decision on how to allocate time to different types of transient ties. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9763821318994c2c828158112c4dff802023-10-25T07:05:49ZengThe Royal SocietyRoyal Society Open Science2054-57032023-10-01101010.1098/rsos.230834The rhythms of transient relationships: allocating time between weekdays and weekendsValentín Vergara Hidd0Mailun Zhang1Simone Centellegher2Sam G. B. Roberts3Bruno Lepri4Eduardo López5Computational and Data Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USAComputational and Data Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USAFondazione Bruno Kessler Trento, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UKFondazione Bruno Kessler Trento, ItalyComputational and Data Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USAA fundamental question of any new relationship is, will it last? Transient relationships, recently defined by the authors, are an ideal type of social tie to explore this question: these relationships are characterized by distinguishable starting and ending temporal points, linking the question of tie longevity to relationship finite lifetime. In this study, we use mobile phone data sets from the UK and Italy to analyse the weekly allocation of time invested in maintaining transient relationships. We find that more relationships are created during weekdays, with a greater proportion of them receiving more contact during these days of the week in the long term. The smaller group of relationships that receive more phone calls during the weekend tend to remain active for more time. We uncover a sorting process by which some ties are moved from weekdays to weekends and vice versa, mostly in the first half of the relationship. This process also carries more information about the ultimate lifetime of a tie than the part of the week when the relationship started, which suggests an early evaluation period that leads to a decision on how to allocate time to different types of transient ties.https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230834transient relationshipsrelationship sortingweekend effecttime allocationmobile phone data |
| spellingShingle | Valentín Vergara Hidd Mailun Zhang Simone Centellegher Sam G. B. Roberts Bruno Lepri Eduardo López The rhythms of transient relationships: allocating time between weekdays and weekends Royal Society Open Science transient relationships relationship sorting weekend effect time allocation mobile phone data |
| title | The rhythms of transient relationships: allocating time between weekdays and weekends |
| title_full | The rhythms of transient relationships: allocating time between weekdays and weekends |
| title_fullStr | The rhythms of transient relationships: allocating time between weekdays and weekends |
| title_full_unstemmed | The rhythms of transient relationships: allocating time between weekdays and weekends |
| title_short | The rhythms of transient relationships: allocating time between weekdays and weekends |
| title_sort | rhythms of transient relationships allocating time between weekdays and weekends |
| topic | transient relationships relationship sorting weekend effect time allocation mobile phone data |
| url | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230834 |
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