Finding Cultural Holes: How Structure and Culture Diverge in Networks of Scholarly Communication
Divergent interests, expertise, and language form cultural barriers to communication. No formalism has been available to characterize these “cultural holes.” Here we use information theory to measure cultural holes and demonstrate our formalism in the context of scientific communication using papers...
Main Authors: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Society for Sociological Science
2014-06-01
|
Series: | Sociological Science |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.sociologicalscience.com/download/volume%201/june/finding-cultural-holes.pdf |