Tag: friending
How Digital Technologies Transformed Human Interactions (in Le Monde, Aug. 7, 2023)
In an article published by French newspaper ‘Le Monde’ titled “Les relations amicales à l’ère des réseaux sociaux” (Friendships in… read more How Digital Technologies Transformed Human Interactions (in Le Monde, Aug. 7, 2023)
Taking liberties: why feeling closer on social media can lead to higher conflictuality
A short note on an apparent paradox highlighted by Ronald E. Anderson on the blog Compassionate Societies. While commenting on… read more Taking liberties: why feeling closer on social media can lead to higher conflictuality
Friendship changes, but 'friending' stays the same across cultures
Following in Judith Donath and dana boyd’s researches on online friendship and drawing on social network analysis of tie formation, this Hui-Jung Chang article sets up to detect cross-cultural variations in ‘friending’ between a US-based service (Myspace) and a Taiwan one (Wretch).
What's the actual size of your personal social network? Some numbers
In 1992 Robin Dunbar proposed a rough estimate of 150. But the “Dunbar’s number” pretty much doubled in 1998, when Peter Killworth suggested a mean personal network size of 290. And in 2010 that number doubled again, as Matthew Salganik came up with 610 personal. So who says 1,200?