Homophily and the Speed of Social Mobilization: The Effect of Acquired and Ascribed Traits

Large-scale mobilization of individuals across social networks is becoming increasingly prevalent in society. However, little is known about what affects the speed of social mobilization. Here we use a framed field experiment to identify and measure properties of individuals and their relationships...

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Main Authors: Alstott, Jeff, Madnick, Stuart E., Velu, Chander
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88045
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9240-2573

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