Editing Communication and Social Networks (Fall 2023) (section)

== Week 10: Social influence and diffusion ==

October 24

'''Weekly lecture:'''
* [https://youtu.be/_6Wrc_T49GQ Social Influence and Contagion][22:12] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/week_10/lecture/influence_and_diffusion.html Slides]]

'''Assignment Due:''' 
* Turn in your [[Self Assessment Reflection]] on Brightspace
* [https://github.com/jdfoote/com_and_social_networks_labs/raw/main/lab_6_visualizing_power.qmd R Lab 6 - Visualizing Power]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l18Jd9XCAec Lab walkthrough]
* [[#Reading_Review_Assignments|Reading Review]]

'''Readings:''' 
* Chapter 4, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20191019100528/http://everythingisobvious.com/wp-content/themes/eio/assets/EIO_chapter4.pdf Special People]", in Watts, D. J. (2011). Everything is Obvious: Once you know the answer. New York, NY: Crown Business.
* [https://youtu.be/D9XF0QOzWM0 Duncan Watts on Common Sense]
* [Optional] Centola, D., & Macy, M. (2007). [https://www-journals-uchicago-edu.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/full/10.1086/521848 Complex Contagions and the Weakness of Long Ties]. American Journal of Sociology, 113(3), 702–734. 
* [Optional] Christakis, N. A., & Fowler, J. H. (2012). [https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/full/10.1002/sim.5408 Social contagion theory: Examining dynamic social networks and human behavior]. Statistics in Medicine, 32, 556–577.


October 26

* Do [http://ncase.me/crowds/ The Wisdom or Madness of Crowds Simulation]