Beyond Contagion: Reality Mining Reveals Complex Patterns of Social Influence

Beyond Contagion: Reality Mining Reveals Complex Patterns of Social Influence

Contagion, a concept from epidemiology, has long been used to characterize social influence on people's behavior and affective (emotional) states. While it has revealed many useful insights, it is not clear whether the contagion metaphor is sufficient to fully characterize the complex dynamics...

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Main Authors: Alshamsi, Aamena (Author), Pianesi, Fabio (Author), Lepri, Bruno (Contributor), Rahwan, Iyad (Contributor), Pentland, Alex Paul (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory (Contributor), Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2015-11-09T17:10:35Z.
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