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Social influence network theory : a sociological examination of small group dynamics / Noah E. Friedkin, Eugene C. Johnsen
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Structural analysis in the social sciences ; 33Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011Edition: Online-AusgDescription: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xxi, 367 p.)) : illISBN:- 9781283112642
- 1283112647
- 9781139076012
- 9781107002463
- 302.34
- 302.3/4
- SOC026000
- HM736
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Summary: This book uses social influence network theory to examine research on group dynamics concerned with changes of group members' positions on an issue.Summary: Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 Group Dynamics: Structural Social Psychology -- 1.1 The Field of Group Dynamics -- 1.1.1 A Brief History of the Field -- 1.1.2 Recent Activity in Self-Categorization Theory -- 1.1.3 Enlarging the Scope of Structural Social Psychology -- 1.2 Particularities versus Ideal Types -- 1.3 Social Structure versus Social Process -- 1.3.1 Social Process with Minimal Social Structure -- 1.3.2 Social Structure without Social Process -- 1.3.3 Social Structure in Social Process -- 1.4 Individuals versus Groups -- 1.4.1 Studying Individuals or Groups -- 1.4.2 Explanations of Collective Outcomes -- 1.4.3 Individuals in Groups -- 1.5 Concluding Remarks -- 2 Formalization: Attitude Change in Influence Networks -- 2.1 Development of Social Influence Network Theory -- 2.1.1 French's Formal Theory of Social Power -- 2.1.2 Harary and DeGroot's Generalization -- 2.1.3 Friedkin and Johnsen's Generalizations -- 2.2 Our Standard Model -- 2.2.1 The Cognitive Algebra of Weighted Averaging -- 2.2.2 The Self-Other Balance -- 2.2.3 Total Interpersonal Influences -- 2.3 Linking Functions -- 2.4 Concluding Remarks -- 3 Operationalization: Constructs and Measures -- 3.1 The Attitude Construct -- 3.1.1 Weighted Alternatives -- 3.1.2 Attitudes about Persons -- 3.1.3 Multidimensional Attitudes -- 3.1.4 Initial Attitudes -- 3.2 The Influence Network Construct -- 3.2.1 The Attitudinal Basis of Influence Networks -- 3.2.2 Measurement Models for Influence Networks -- 3.2.3 Our Measurement Model -- 3.3 Fitted Susceptibilities -- 3.4 An Overview of the Analytic Framework -- 3.4.1 Notation -- 3.4.2 Fundamental Equations -- 3.4.3 Three Analytic Pathways -- 3.5 Concluding Remarks -- 4 Assessing the Model -- 4.1 Three Experiments.PPN: PPN: 807336246Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PQE | ZDB-38-EBR
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