Birds of a Feather¶
McPherson, M., Smith-Lovin, L., & Cook, J. M. (2001). Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks. Annual Review of Sociology, 27, 415-444.
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Primes¶
- Associative Property Transfer
- In social networks it is homophily-driven reputation diffusion and the cost of being seen with the wrong person.
This sourceEstablishes homophily — association by similarity in social networks — the substrate for reputation diffusion and the cost of being linked to the wrong node.
Supported in partVerified against the work's full text
Establishes homophily — social network ties form by similarity — the structural substrate; it says nothing about reputation diffusion or the cost of wrong association.
“Similarity breeds connection. This principle—the homophily principle—structures network ties of every type, including marriage, friendship, work, advice, support, information transfer, exchange, comembership, and other types of relationship.”
- In social networks it is homophily-driven reputation diffusion and the cost of being seen with the wrong person.
- Assortative Mixing
Domain-specific¶
- Guilt by Association
- The network-formation tendency Homophily is the precondition that makes the inference seductive — associates really are correlated, so the edge often does carry information — which is exactly why the fallacy is hard to spot.
This sourceReview establishing homophily - similarity breeding connection - as a principle that structures network ties of every type and makes personal networks homogeneous across many characteristics.
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
“Similarity breeds connection. This principle—the homophily principle—structures network ties of every type, including marriage, friendship, work, advice, support, information transfer, exchange, comembership, and other types of relationship.”
- The network-formation tendency Homophily is the precondition that makes the inference seductive — associates really are correlated, so the edge often does carry information — which is exactly why the fallacy is hard to spot.
- Homophily
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