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Notes on : The strength of weak ties

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Strength of ties

` Analysis of social networks is a TOOL that helps to linkmacro and micro levels of sociological theory

` How it is shown?

` By noticing these factors:

` Weak ties have cohesive power

` strength of DYADIC (relating or based on two) ties

` Small well defined groups

` Social structure is segmented` Relation between groups

` *Primary groups/secondary groups


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Primary group

` A primary group is a typically small social group whose membersshare close, personal, enduring relationships. These groups aremarked by members' concern for one another, and shared activitiesand culture.

` Examples include family, childhood friends, and highly influential

social groups. You do not choose to be part of these groups you justare. Primary groups play an important role in the development ofpersonal identity.

` A primary group is a group in which one exchanges implicit items,such as love, caring, concern, animosity, support, and such. Examples,of these would be family groups, love relationships, crisis supportgroups, church groups and such. Relationships formed in primarygroups are often long-lasting and goals in themselves.

` They also are often psychologically comforting to the individualsinvolved and provide a source of support and encouragement.


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Secondary groups:

` People in a secondary group interact on a less personallevel than in a primary group, and their relationships aretemporary rather than long lasting. Since secondarygroups are established to perform functions, peoplesroles are more interchangeable.

` A secondary group is one you have chosen to be a partof. They are based on interests and activities. They arewhere many people make can meet close friends orpeople they would just call acquaintances.

` Secondary groups are groups in which on exchangesexplicit commodities, such as labor for wages, services forpayments, and such. Examples of these would beemployment, vendor-to-client relationships, and such.


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Read this for understanding

` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_group


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` Studies how macro phenomena:

` Social mobility

` Community organization

` Political structure

` Measure via sociometry(Sociometry is a quantitative

method for measuring social relationships.)

` Small scale interaction to large scale patterns and inreturn feedback to small groups


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` Strength of an interpersonal tie:` It is linear combination of 4 things:

Amount of Time

Emotional intensity

Intimacy(mutual confiding) Reciprocal services

These 4 are independent of each other but highly

intracorrelated.

Stronger ties have larger time commitments


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Homans idea:


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Weak ties in diffusion process


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Conclusion of diffusion


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Weak ties and community organization

` Its important to have personal ties in a community becausewithout it a community cannot form nor have a leader

` Issues like trust. Convincing people to believe etc will arise

` People rarely act on mass media information unless it is

transmitted through personal ties` No matter how much you advertise by radio, leaflets etc

` Intermediaries at certain stages are important

` A community cannot be completely partitioned into group or

cliques and none outside` Communities organize for common goals and to mobilize

resources easily


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` Ethnic , cultural and other differences in groups or cliquesbut most important phenomena is COHESION

` Clusterability has 2 facets:

` Strong and weak ties are considered positive

` Absent ties are considered negative


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What is sociability?


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Micro and macro network models


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proposition


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what doesTRANSITIVE mean and how it

applies in social groups?

` Logic & Mathematics Of or relating to a relationshipbetween three elements such that if the relationshipholds between the first and second elements and

between the second and third elements, it necessarily

holds between the first and third elements.

` Example:

` Arish knows farah

` Farah knows asqaf

` So arish is related to asqaf


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` According to theory of child development` Children develop stronger ties with increasing age (due to

grade level and degree of transitivity)

` READ CONCLUSION OF PAPER

` (IT IS IMPORTANT)

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