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physics.soc-ph2019★ 145 cited

Inequality is rising where social network segregation interacts with urban topology

Gergő Tóth, Johannes Wachs, Riccardo Di Clemente +4

Social networks amplify inequalities due to fundamental mechanisms of social tie formation such as homophily and triadic closure. These forces sharpen social segregation reflected…

physics.soc-ph2019★ 4 cited

Emergence of leader-follower hierarchy among players in an on-line experiment

Bálint J. Tóth, Gergely Palla, Enys Mones +4

Hierarchical networks are prevalent in nature and society, corresponding to groups of actors - animals, humans or even robots - organised according to a pyramidal structure with de…

physics.soc-ph2015★ 45 cited

Identifying the structural discontinuities of human interactions

Sebastian Grauwin, Michael Szell, Stanislav Sobolevsky +6

The idea of a hierarchical spatial organization of society lies at the core of seminal theories in human geography that have strongly influenced our understanding of social organiz…

physics.soc-ph2015★ 105 cited

Geographies of an online social network

Balázs Lengyel, Attila Varga, Bence Ságvári +2

How is online social media activity structured in the geographical space? Recent studies have shown that in spite of earlier visions about the "death of distance", physical proximi…

physics.soc-ph2014★ 102 cited

Is there negative social influence? Disentangling effects of dissimilarity and disliking on opinion shifts

Károly Takács, Andreas Flache, Michael Mäs

Empirical studies are inconclusive about the underlying mechanisms that shape the interrelated dynamics of opinions and interpersonal attraction. There is strong evidence that othe…

physics.soc-ph2014★ 2 cited

Parallel versus Sequential Update and the Evolution of Cooperation with the Assistance of Emotional Strategies

Simone Righi, Károly Takács

Our study contributes to the debate on the evolution of cooperation in the single-shot Prisoner's Dilemma (PD) played on networks. We construct a model in which individuals are con…