The Community Question: The Intimate Networks of East Yorkers

Wellman, Barry

doi:10.1086/226906

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“…81-96) adopted the traditional sociological perspective that attempts to understand micro-level interaction patterns in terms of constraints imposed by macro-structures (Durkheim, 1938;Homans, 1950;Simmel, 1950, Simmel, 1955Blau, 1977;Wellman, 1979;Feld, 1981, Feld, 1982Fischer, 1982;Blau and Schwartz, 1984;Blum, 1985;Howard, 1988;Marsden, 1990;Webster et al, 1996). She reasoned that the differences between personal networks in the US and China grew out of macro-structural differences in the two societies.…”

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On the changing structure of social networks in urban China

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“…Here, the idea is that the changing patterns of associational life may have an implication for network size. Less civic engagement and participation in community activity reduces opportunities to interact with others, thereby leading to decreases in network size (McPherson et al 2006(McPherson et al , 2009Putnam 2000;Wellman 1979). This is a good idea, but empirically, neither the level of informal social participation nor the extent of associational membership changed significantly between 1985 and 2004 (Marsden and Srivastava 2012;Paxton 1999;Schwadel and Stout 2012).…”

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Important Matters in Political Context

Lee¹,

Bearman²

2017

SocScience

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Abstract:The 2004 General Social Survey (GSS) reported significant increases in social isolation and significant decreases in ego network size relative to previous periods. These results have been repeatedly challenged. Critics have argued that malfeasant interviewers, coding errors, or training effects lie behind these results. While each critique has some merit, none precisely identify the cause of decreased ego network size. In this article, we show that it matters that the 2004 GSS-unlike other GSS surveys-was fielded during a highly polarized election period. We find that the difference in network size between nonpartisan and partisan voters in the 2004 GSS is larger than in all other GSS surveys. We further discover that core discussion network size decreases precipitously in the period immediately around the first (2004) presidential debate, suggesting that the debate frames "important matters" as political matters. This political priming effect is stronger where geographic polarization is weaker and among those who are politically interested and talk about politics more often. Combined, these findings identify the specific mechanism for the reported decline in network size, indicate that inferences about increased social isolation in America arising from the 2004 GSS are unwarranted, and suggest the emergence of increased political isolation.

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“…Barry Wellmano teigimu, socialinių tinklų analizė neskirta tariamo solidarumo analizei. Ji nepadeda surasti ir paaiškinti solidarumo sentimentų, tačiau veikia kaip analitinis įrankis, padedantis identifikuoti bendruomenines socialines struktūras (Wellman 1979(Wellman , 1203.…”

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“…Daugiausia analitinio dėmesio sulaukia socialinių ryšių formavimosi procesas atskirose vietos bendruomenėse ar kaimynystėse. Pavyzdžiui, empiriniai bendruomenių tyrimai parodė, kad daugelis kaimynystėse gyvenančių žmonių artimų draugų daugiau turi už gyvenamosios vietovės ribų, o ne toje pačioje vietovėje (Wellman 1979). Silpniems neklasterizuotiems socialiniams tinklams suteikiama kur kas didesnė reikšmė.…”

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Ar nedarbas riboja? Bendruomeniškumas, socialiniai paramos tinklai ir dalyvavimas viešajame gyvenime

Bučaitė-Vilkė¹

2014

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The Community Question: The Intimate Networks of East Yorkers

Cited by 1,172 publications

References 49 publications

On the changing structure of social networks in urban China

On the changing structure of social networks in urban China

Important Matters in Political Context

Ar nedarbas riboja? Bendruomeniškumas, socialiniai paramos tinklai ir dalyvavimas viešajame gyvenime

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