The last decade has seen substantial advances in statistical techniques for the analysis of
network data, as well as a major increase in the frequency with which these tools are used …

Two experiments demonstrate the powerful influence of others' views on individual attitudes
and attitude expression. Those around us can influence our views through persuasion and …

Physical appearance, both our own and that of others, is a common influence on social
interactions. In this article, we consider whether appearance also plays a role in how we …

Individuals do not always express their private political opinions in front of others who
disagree. Neither political scientists nor psychologists have been able to firmly establish why …

This book addresses opinion leadership in democratic politics as a process whereby
individuals send and receive information through their informally based networks of political …

Individual-level studies of electoral turnout and vote choice have focused largely on
personal attributes as explanatory variables. We argue that scholars should also consider …

Networks of communication among interdependent citizens constitute the connecting tissue
between citizens and electorates, revealing an electoral whole that is different from the sum …

While social pressure is widely believed to influence voters, evidence that information
passed between social ties affects beliefs, policy preferences, and voting behavior is limited …

Democratic politics inevitably stimulates a socially imbedded process of communication
among citizens, and thus individuals experience politics by way of ongoing forms of social …

Do formal deliberative events influence larger patterns of political discussion and public
opinion? Critics argue that only a tiny number of people can participate in any given …