Editing Communication and Social Networks (Fall 2021) (section)

== Week 9: Scale-free networks and the friendship paradox ==

October 19

'''Assignment Due:''' 
* [[/Social Search Assignment|Social Search Assignment]]
* [[#Discussion Questions|Discussion questions]]

'''Lecture Video:'''
* [https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/335123/viewContent/7524997/View Scale-free networks and the Friendship Paradox][18:21] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_9/lecture/scale_free_and_friend_paradox.html Slides]]

'''Readings:''' 
* Feld, Scott L. (1991), [https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/stable/2781907 Why your friends have more friends than you do]. American Journal of Sociology, 96 (6): 1464–1477. https://doi.org/10.1086%2F229693
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP2MLp7GL7Q Early Detection of an Outbreak using the Friendship Paradox]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c867FlzxZ9Y Networks are everywhere with Albert-László Barabási]

(Optional)
* Christakis, N. A., & Fowler, J. H. (2010). Social Network Sensors for Early Detection of Contagious Outbreaks. PLOS ONE, 5(9), e12948. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012948

October 21

'''Class Schedule:'''
* [[/Six Degrees of Wikipedia Activity|Six Degrees of Wikipedia Activity]]