A new research paper suggests that when “birds of a feather flock together,” minority groups are disadvantaged due to a reduction in their influence and ability to access novel information. The ...

We examine the manner in which voluntary associations expose individuals to differing perspectives, or "cross-talk." Specifically we develop hypotheses based on the interactive roles of elite bias and ...

As ROFLCon descended on Cambridge, Fellow Ethan Zuckerman was essaying an argument for why homophily, serendipity, and xenophilia are "useful concepts" for thinking through media attention and the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This study outlines a new explanation for homophily in social networks that is neither intended nor imposed by constraints on partner choices.

In the 1950s, sociologists came up with the term “homophily” (from the Greek words “homo” for same and philos for “love”) to explain our tendency to seek out people who are similar to ourselves. And ...

(a) Nominal assortativity shows different mixing values for networks that have the same group mixing—a misrepresentation due to group-size imbalance. (b) Nominal assortativity is a single-valued ...

Like its famous avian logo, Twitter users tend to favour birds of a feather – something which may be bad for democracy but good for the biggest flocks of like-minded people on the social media network ...

George Smith, senior manager/social and CRM strategy at PepsiCo, used a bizarre word to describe Pepsi's social media strategy today at Business Insider's Social Media ROI conference: "homophily." He ...