Blogs from the NYU Wagner Community

Tag: Social

        • 05/17/2013
          Use of Social Network Diagrams

          New York Times: “Consulting companies like Activate Networks create social network diagrams to help pharmaceutical marketers identify prescribing histories and relationships among doctors. Such diagrams can help marketers pinpoint highly connected physicians, the best potential targets for marketing”The post Use of Social Network Diagrams appeared first on The Governance Lab @ NYU.
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        • 05/16/2013
          Social media, personality traits and civic engagement
          New Paper on “Influence of Social Media Use on Discussion Network Heterogeneity and Civic Engagement: The Moderating Role of Personality Traits” in Journal of Communication: “Using original national survey data, we examine how social media use affects individuals’ discussion network heterogeneity and their level of civic engagement.
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        • 05/14/2013
          Is Social Media Changing How We Understand Political Engagement?
          New Paper (By Juliet E. Carlisle and Robert C. Patton) analyzing Facebook and the 2008 Presidential Election in Political Research Quaterly: “This research conceptualizes political engagement in Facebook and examines the political activity of Facebook users during the 2008 presidential primary (T1) and general election (T2).
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        • 05/14/2013
          Social networks as evolutionary game theory
          Izabella Kaminska  in the Financial Times: “FT Alphaville has been taking a closer look at the collaborative economy, and noting the stellar growth this mysterious sector has been experiencing of late.
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