Global Diversity and Local Consensus in Status Beliefs: The Role of Network Clustering and Resistance to Belief Change

Grow, André; Flache, Andreas; Wittek, Rafael

doi:10.15195/v4.a25

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“…Considering that both torus networks and the rewired ring networks are somewhat artificial network topologies, we also studied spatial random graphs, as these networks have been argued to mimic the structure of human social networks [39]. In particular, spatial random graphs exhibit many features of real social networks such as low tie density, short average geodesic distance, a high level of transitivity, a positively skewed actor-degree distribution, and a community structure [40].…”

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Communication in Online Social Networks Fosters Cultural Isolation

2018

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Online social networks play an increasingly important role in communication between friends, colleagues, business partners, and family members. This development sparked public and scholarly debate about how these new platforms affect dynamics of cultural diversity. Formal models of cultural dissemination are powerful tools to study dynamics of cultural diversity but they are based on assumptions that represent traditional dyadic, face-to-face communication, rather than communication in online social networks. Unlike in models of face-to-face communication, where actors update their cultural traits after being influenced by one of their network contacts, communication in online social networks is often characterized by a one-to-many structure, in that users emit messages directly to a large number of network contacts. Using analytical tools and agent-based simulation, we show that this seemingly subtle difference can have profound implications for emergent dynamics of cultural dissemination. In particular, we show that within the framework of our model online communication fosters cultural diversity to a larger degree than offline communication and it increases chances that individuals and subgroups become culturally isolated from their network contacts.

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Communication in Online Social Networks Fosters Cultural Isolation

2018

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“…Researchers have noted that status is an inherently cultural product, noting that shared cultural beliefs underpin the emergence of status hierarchies, as well as the differentiation in influence that ensues from such hierarchies (Ridgeway & Correll, 2006). Prior studies have also argued that shared cultural beliefs are necessary for status distinctions to diffuse from micro-level interactions to the organizational level and even to large-scale societies (Grow, Flache, & Wittek, 2017). Despite recognition of the cultural nature of status, research on the effects of status has largely assumed culture away, rather than examining the interplay between culture and status.…”

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Ideological Boundaries of Status Advantages: Legislative Effectiveness in the United States House of Representatives

Collet

Carnabuci

Ertug

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Prior research assumes that high-status actors have greater organizational influence than lower-status ones, that is, it is easier for the former to get their ideas and initiatives adopted by the organization than it is for the latter. Drawing from the literature on ideology, we posit that the status–influence link is contingent on actors’ ideological position. Specifically, status confers organizational influence to the degree that the focal actor is ideologically mainstream. The more an actor’s ideology deviates from the mainstream the less will her status translate into increased organizational influence. We find support for this hypothesis using data on the work of legislators in the House of Representatives in the United States Congress. By illuminating how and under what conditions status leads to increased influence, this study qualifies and extends current understandings of the role of status in organizations.

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“…By doing so, they are able to generate a higher rate of return on capital investments. Furthermore, officialized collaborations signal a convergence of beliefs (see Grow, Flache, and Wittek 2017) and aims (practice and habitus). Along this line, we propose that the ability to initiate collaboration between fields on different layers and the ability to transfer various sorts of capital between those layers account for interdependencies among collaborating actors located in different fields; the capability to officialize and relate different forms of expertise; and the opportunity of the global policy advisor network to steer national educational reforms by having access to different fields.…”

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Governing the School by Transnational Networks. The OECD PISA Policy Advisor Network in the Global Field of Power.

Wieczorek¹,

Münch²,

Brand³

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The OECD is one of the key players in global education policy advice, informing education governance reforms around the globe with the PISA test. At the same time, it is part of the edu-business network comprised of companies, philanthropies, consulting agencies and think tanks profiting from educational governance reforms and large-scale testing. In order to exert influence on national educational reforms, different types of complementary expertise and collaborations between different types of actors must be coordinated. To analyze this form of collaboration between different actors and to map the global edu-business and global policy advisor networks having emerged around the OECD's PISA-tests, we make use of a combination of Habitus-Field Theory and Social Network Theory. We introduce the concepts of boundary-spanning actors and fieldtranscending social capital and apply our concepts to a two-level network analysis to investigate the embeddedness of the OECD in different social fields and the global field of power. The first layer is based on official collaborations among organizational actors situated in different sectors of the field of power. The second layer comprises of individual collaborations such as scientific cooperation, board interlocks and multiple affiliations. Furthermore, we look at network closure and density to investigate the exclusion of competing actors from taking part in the global edu-business. Our findings indicate that the OECD draws on experts and actors located in different fields to exert influence on national educational reforms. Finally, the global network of policy advisors is able to coordinate the different forms of expertise by installing a system of patronage, consisting of a small number of key players and large numbers of organizations and individuals that are needed to set education reforms in motion but are excluded from the core of the collaboration network.

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Global Diversity and Local Consensus in Status Beliefs: The Role of Network Clustering and Resistance to Belief Change

Cited by 7 publications

References 66 publications

Communication in Online Social Networks Fosters Cultural Isolation

Communication in Online Social Networks Fosters Cultural Isolation

Ideological Boundaries of Status Advantages: Legislative Effectiveness in the United States House of Representatives

Governing the School by Transnational Networks. The OECD PISA Policy Advisor Network in the Global Field of Power.

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