Live Longer Thanks To Science 2.0: Social Networks Influence Health Behaviors
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 18:35
in Mathematics & Economics
Do social networks which features many distant connections, or "long ties," produce large-scale changes most quickly, as social media lore claims? No, says a new study by Damon Centola, assistant professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Instead, individuals are more likely to acquire new health practices while living in networks with dense clusters of connections — that is, when in close contact with people they already know well. read more