We evaluate the empirical evidence interrogating the question of whether social media
erodes social cohesion. We look at how networks, information exchange, and norms operate …

The integration of social science with computer science and engineering fields has
produced a new area of study: computational social science. This field applies …

The authors analyzed data from multiple large-scale randomized experiments on LinkedIn's
People You May Know algorithm, which recommends new connections to LinkedIn …

Winner of the 2000 Max Weber prize, awarded by the Section on Organizations,
Occupations, and Work, of the American Sociological Association, for the best book on …

From emails to social media, from instant messaging to political memes, the way we produce
and transmit culture is radically changing. Understanding the consequences of the massive …

Uncovering the structure of socioeconomic systems and timely estimation of socioeconomic
status are significant for economic development. The understanding of socioeconomic …

The management of large common-pool resources, like fisheries and forests, is more difficult
when more people and more communities can access them—a particular problem given …

The building and construction sector accounts for around 39% of global carbon dioxide
emissions and remains a hard-to-abate sector. We use a data-driven analysis of global high …

We raise two challenges concerning the validity of arguments underlying Granovetter's
strength of weak ties (SWT) thesis:(a) whether weak ties are actually bridges, ie, they help …

Large-scale human social network structure is typically inferred from digital trace samples of
online social media platforms or mobile communication data. Instead, here we investigate …