Blogs about: Nicholas Christakis
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Our genes influence our social networks
Chromosomes magnified - photo by BlueSunFlower If you don’t have enough friends or aren’t the social butterfly of your class, now you can blame your genes. Nick Christakis (Harvard Medical… more →
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My Festivus Wish List (Because I'll take gifts for any holiday ^^)
arthurthepanther wrote 1 week ago: Let me say this first: I don’t expect anyone to get me anything – we’re all broke, … more →
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks
josephsreviews wrote 4 weeks ago: http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/connected/ … more →
Connected
josephsreviews wrote 4 weeks ago: Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives Authors/researc … more →
Social Monday: The power, the positive, and the poor-in-spirit
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Rebecca wrote 2 months ago: “The Buddy System,” an article in the Oct. 2009 issue of Wired looks at “the infectious … more →
Connected
manwithoutqualities wrote 2 months ago: Yet another “popular” book on, as I term it, social connectionism – Connected … more →
Leaky Margins
Deborah Barlow wrote 3 months ago: For the last few years I have been following the fascinating discussion around what is socially tran … more →
Can Twitter make you happy?
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JBBC wrote 3 months ago: I’ve just been reading a post on the Social Media Today blog which points to ”a fascina … more →
Can we blame our growing waistlines on our friends and spouses?
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Paramjit Sidhu wrote 6 months ago: Are your friends, siblings and spouse the reason you are overweight? It would be nice for a lot of p … more →
Our genes influence our social networks
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socialcapital wrote 10 months ago: Chromosomes magnified - photo by BlueSunFlower If you don’t have enough friends or aren’ … more →
Proximity of positive people: they're contagious
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Simple&Free wrote 1 year ago: Proximity: n.the state of being near or next; closeness. Positive: n. characterized by acceptance, a … more →
Happiness is contagious
socialcapital wrote 1 year ago: Nick Christakis (Harvard School of Public Health) and James Fowler (Univ. of Calif., San Diego), who … more →
Do fat friends make you fat and less happy? (new evidence)
socialcapital wrote 1 year ago: I blogged earlier about Christakis and Fowler’s 2007 research about obesity as a social epidem … more →
Shaping Normative Behaviors Is Key to Climate Strategies
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lamarguerite wrote 1 year ago: These past two weeks spent traveling in France and Italy convinced me even more about the role of cu … more →
Greening Strategies Most Likely to Succeed in Groups
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lamarguerite wrote 1 year ago: Some very exciting research in the field of social networks psychology, could revolutionize the way … more →
Quit your habit in groups and be more popular, say scientists
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socialcapital wrote 1 year ago: Nick Christakis and James Fowler made headlines recently for their study on obesity contagion (See C … more →
Social Networks: Birds of a Feather Do Flock Together
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socialcapital wrote 2 years ago: A study by Harvard and UCLA researchers on Facebook is finding that social networks tend to lead to … more →
Becker-Posner on social obesity epidemic
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socialcapital wrote 2 years ago: I’ve posted earlier on the issue of social obesity (i.e., your friends can make you fat) here, … more →
Your friends may also depress you?
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socialcapital wrote 2 years ago: I’ve written previously about Christakis et al.’s remarkable study that traces the sprea … more →
Overweight friends as social contagion (II)
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socialcapital wrote 2 years ago: Yesterday, we reported about Christakis’ and Fowler’s top-rate study of how obesity spre … more →
