Project 6: Communication and bondedness on the large scale
A major constraint on studying interaction processes at the local community scale has been the difficulty of sampling entire networks in any detail in terms of the actual personal relationships involved (as opposed to static descriptions of network structure based on, for example, cellphone traffic). This project will exploit the opportunities offered by digital and online technology (1) to study social processes in complete networks and (2) to gain insights into how the online digital world might change our social world.