Geographies of Social Networks: Meetings, Travel and Communications

Larsen, Jonas; Axhausen, Kay W.; Urry, John

doi:10.1080/17450100600726654

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“…We conceptualize the global connector as an ideal-type that involves low level of cultural embeddedness or disembeddedness and "thin" level of cultural engagement. This ideal-type of a disembedded broker has an expansive transnational network with many weak ties, but apparently few strong ties (see Beaverstock, 2005;Kennedy, 2004;Kesselring & Vogl, 2008;Larsen et al, 2006). The global connector "sees" and "knows" many people and many new people pass through his or her life, but these encounters tend to be casual and transient, yet intense (Larsen & Urry, 2016;Wittel, 2001).…”

Section: Disembedded Brokersmentioning

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“…Specifically, as cosmopolitans transcend conventional cultural boundaries and enact a measured embeddedness and distance from their cultural mooring(s), they tend to be involved in a variety of transnational interactions and activities, including physical and virtual mobilities (e.g., Canzler, Kaufmann, & Kesselring, 2008;Kennedy, 2004), participating in the activities of international or global organizations (e.g., Beaverstock, 2005;Kesselring & Vogl, 2008;Larsen, Axhausen, & Urry, 2006), and interacting with culturally diverse people and communities using technological platforms (e.g., Sobré-Denton, 2016;Tarrow, 2005). Consequently, cosmopolitans develop and maintain private and professional transnational social networks of weak ties (low-density networks of acquaintances) (Levy, et al, 2013;Mau et al, 2008;Werbner, 1999).…”

Section: Bridging Structural Holes and Cultural Embeddednessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This ideal-type of a disembedded broker has an expansive transnational network with many weak ties, but apparently few strong ties (see Beaverstock, 2005;Kennedy, 2004;Kesselring & Vogl, 2008;Larsen et al, 2006). The global connector "sees" and "knows" many people and many new people pass through his or her life, but these encounters tend to be casual and transient, yet intense (Larsen & Urry, 2016;Wittel, 2001). Wittel (2001) refers to this style of network ties as "network sociality," in contrast with traditional long-lasting ties based on shared cultural, historical, and personal experiences.…”

Section: Disembedded Brokersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Transcultural Brokerage: The Role of Cosmopolitans in Bridging Structural and Cultural Holes

Levy¹,

Lee

Jonsen

et al. 2018

Journal of Management

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TRANSCULTURAL BROKERAGE: THE ROLE OF COSMOPOLITANS IN BRIDGING STRUCTURAL AND CULTURAL HOLES ABSTRACTThe growth and proliferation of global systems and transnational cultures have generated larger and more diverse types of cosmopolitans, all of whom span conventional social boundaries. Understanding this diversity is increasingly important because cosmopolitans often bridge across a wide range of transnational and global networks within and across global organizations. Drawing on multiple disciplines, we conceptualize cosmopolitanism as an embodied disposition characterized by high levels of cultural transcendence and openness that are manifested in and enacted along varied trajectories of cultural embeddedness in one's own culture and cultural engagement with the cultural Other. We then propose an analytical framework for the influence of cosmopolitan disposition on transcultural brokerage processes, specifically on bridging structural and cultural holes. Finally, we present a typology of cosmopolitan brokers and their corresponding practices and activities as they engage in transcultural brokerage. By recognizing the diversity and complexity of cosmopolitans and their respective dispositions, we significantly expand the pool of "global talent" beyond the traditional focus on expatriates, and we challenge the conventional wisdom on who counts as talent in an interconnected world.

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Section: Disembedded Brokersmentioning

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Section: Bridging Structural Holes and Cultural Embeddednessmentioning

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Section: Disembedded Brokersmentioning

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Transcultural Brokerage: The Role of Cosmopolitans in Bridging Structural and Cultural Holes

Levy¹,

Lee

Jonsen

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Journal of Management

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“…Prominent social scientists have argued that the hypermobility enabled by modern means of transport produces a lack of connections, commitment, and emotional nearness and disturbs the local social fabric (see the reviews in Larsen et al 2007;Adams 1999). Sustaining local civic activities can be challenging in neighborhoods with highly mobile inhabitants who lack attachments to their places of residence (Gray et al 2006).…”

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“…Raising children in fragmented communities perpetuates intolerance and racism for succeeding generations (Grannis 1998). New transportation and communication technologies are known to decrease the effects of physical distance decay by enabling physical and virtual travel (Ellegård and Vilhelmson 2004;Fotheringham 1981;Larsen et al 2007); thus, whether and how their usage can contribute to the creation of connections across socially and geographically distant communities should be explored.…”

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The role of motorized transport and mobile phones in the diffusion of agricultural information in Tanggamus Regency, Indonesia

2015

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Limited access to agricultural information constrains the well-being of farmers in developing countries and leads to environmental deterioration. Although new information-communication technologies (ICTs) are expected to alleviate this problem, the importance of physical mobility is rarely considered. This study explores the roles of motorized transport and mobile phones in the diffusion of agricultural information within and between Indonesian farming communities. In 2012, we surveyed 315 household heads from 16 coffee and cocoa farming groups in Sumatra. The respondents identified 1575 sources from which they obtained agricultural information, the exact location of the sources, and the mode of contact. In 2013, we followed up with in-depth interviews of 20 farmers to obtain a qualitative description of their agricultural information-seeking behavior. Although 75 % of respondents had a mobile phone, the main mode of information sharing was face-to-face meetings for 97 % of the elicited relationships. Mobile phones were used to communicate with people living at the edge of the regular physical mobility radius enabled by motorbikes (approximately 10 km). A hierarchical logit model was applied to examine the implications of the respondents' tendency to use motorized transport vis-à-vis walking for information gathering. Respondents with a higher general preference for faster transport tended to have more extensive access to information from other communities. However, we also find weak evidence that individual motorized transport might decrease internal social contact and information exchange inside these communities. The policy implication for rural development in less-industrialized countries is that providing ICTs without increasing the inhabitants' mobility through appropriate means may not significantly improve the inhabitants' access to important information and the diffusion of successful agricultural practices.

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Mobile Communication

Bialski

2017

The Wiley‐Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory

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Mobile communication here is defined as the ability to communicate with others when on the move using communicative devices that connect wirelessly to public communication networks, which can be supported by an electric, cellular, or radio infrastructure. Such technologies can include mobile phones (also called cellular phones or cell phones), as well as, more recently, other Internet‐based devices such as smartphones, laptops, and iPads. In order to understand mobile communication, an understanding of the sociotechnical context is needed – both the history of the device that mediates such communication and the social impacts of such communication devices on human interaction.

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Geographies of Social Networks: Meetings, Travel and Communications

Cited by 282 publications

References 41 publications

Transcultural Brokerage: The Role of Cosmopolitans in Bridging Structural and Cultural Holes

Transcultural Brokerage: The Role of Cosmopolitans in Bridging Structural and Cultural Holes

The role of motorized transport and mobile phones in the diffusion of agricultural information in Tanggamus Regency, Indonesia

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