The Strength of Weak Ties
Key Terms
- Loosly Coupled Systems
- Weak Ties
- Strong Ties
- Connections
- Networks
- Diffusion
- Lockdown
- Isolation
- Quarantine
- Separation
- Preferences
- Epidemiology
- Tightly Coupled Systems
- Slack
- Buffer
- Communities in Networks
- Ties
- Borders
- Boundaries
- Brokers
- Boundary Spanners
- Cooperation
- Competition
- Divisions
- Risks
- Contagion
- Interconnectedness
- Clusters
The Strength of Weak Ties is quite a relevant topic currently due to focus on
- Diffusion of Innovation and Ideas
- Spread of Diseases
- Global Supply Chains
- Community Formation in Networks
- Communication in Networks
- Relations between Groups
- Resilience
- Risks and Fragility
- Contagion and Spillovers
The Strength of Weak Ties
Mark Granovetter
The Strength of Weak Ties – Continued
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Key Sources of Research
The Strength of Weak Ties
Mark Gronovetter
The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 78, No. 6. (May, 1973), pp. 1360-1380
Click to access granovetterTies.pdf
THE STRENGTH IN WEAK TIES
WILLIAM T. LIU, ROBERT W. DUFF
Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 36, Issue 3, FALL 1972, Pages 361–366, https://doi.org/10.1086/268018
Published: 01 January 1972
https://academic.oup.com/poq/article-abstract/36/3/361/1875803
The Future of Weak Ties
Aral, Sinan. “The Future of Weak Ties.”
American Journal of Sociology 121, no. 6 (May 2016): 1931–1939.
MIT
Attention on Weak Ties in Social and Communication Networks
Lilian Weng, Ma ́rton Karsai, Nicola Perra, Filippo Menczer and Alessandro Flammini
2017
Algebraic Analysis of Social Networks: Models, Methods and Applications Using R
By J. Antonio R. Ostoic
A test of structural features of granovetter’s strength of weak ties theory
Noah Friedkin
Department of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, U.S.A.
Social Networks
Volume 2, Issue 4, 1980, Pages 411-422
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0378873380900064
Social network Analysis
Lecture 5–Strength of weak ties paradox
Donglei Du
Faculty of Business Administration, University of New Brunswick, NB Canada Fredericton E3B 9Y2 (ddu@unb.ca)
Click to access Lec5_weak_tie_handout.pdf
THE STRENGTH OF WEAK TIES: A NETWORK THEORY REVISITED
Mark Granovetter
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, STONY BROOK
Sociological Theory, Vol. 1 (1983), pp. 201-233
John Wiley & Sons
http://www.jstor.org/stable/202051 .
Social Interactions and Well-Being: The Surprising Power of Weak Ties
Gillian M. Sandstrom, Elizabeth W. Dunn
First Published April 25, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167214529799
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0146167214529799
Information Flow Through Strong and Weak Ties in Intraorganizational Social Networks
Noah E Friedkin
UCSB
Social Networks 3, 1982
Time varying networks and the weakness of strong ties
Márton Karsai, Nicola Perra, Alessandro Vespignani
https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.5966
Strong and Weak Ties
Web Science (VU) (707.000)
Elisabeth Lex
KTI, TU Graz
April 20, 2015
Click to access strongweakties.pdf
Communication boundaries in networks
Trusina, Ala
Rosvall, Martin
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics.
Sneppen, Kim
2005 (English)
In: Physical Review Letters, ISSN 0031-9007, E-ISSN 1079-7114, Vol. 94, no 23, p. 238701-
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