COMM 481: Social Networks

» The evolution of our social networks from Social Network Blog - y8
1) The authors of this article describe the fundamental changes in our core network discussion groups over the past twenty years. As stated in the article and in the North Carolina Public radio show, Smith-Loving explains that people reported that... [Read More]

» our core social networks from Social Network Blog - y1
1) Geography could be an explanation for the changes reported by McPherson et al. More people are living in suburbs and/or cities, and the neighbourhood context as it used to be is hard to find nowadays. Even Bott, with her... [Read More]

» A Critical Tradeoff from Social Network Blog - r32
1) I think that these core changes in discussion networks are caused by an amalgam of different societal changes that have slowly been occurring over the last half century. As Wellman noted in “The Community Question” we have never really... [Read More]

» Countdown: 3, 2,... from Social Network Blog - r10
1. (a) “Ecology of how we spend our time” (Smith-Lovin, broadcast). During the radio broadcast, Smith-Lovin said that we are spending more time in the paid labor force and commuting to work. This time was previously spent developing intimate... [Read More]

» Return to the Family Way of Life from Social Network Blog - g33
1) Lynn Smith-Lovin cites a large scale social change as the primary explanation for the changes in core discussion networks. People’s discussion networks have been reduced as a result of their “ecology of time” as Lovin calls it. People are... [Read More]

» We have no one to talk to...now what? from Social Network Blog - g18
1. I think that there are several variables that could account for the changes found in the McPherson, Smith-Lovin and Brashears study. In the interview, Smith-Lovin discussed, fairly extensively, internet as a possible cause of these changes. Essentia... [Read More]

» Modern Networks and Their Discontents from Social Network Blog - g16
In the interview, Smith-Lovin accurately notes the increased spatial difference between work and home and resultant decrease of leisure time on our network communities, but suburbanization and women entering the workforce occurred primarily after Worl... [Read More]

» important matters and valued ties from Social Network Blog - y35
1. According to McPherson, Smith-Lovin, and Brashears the dramatic change in the size of core discussion networks cannot be attributed to one simple cause. Instead, the change in the average number of discussion partners from three to two is a... [Read More]

» Connecting outside the box from Social Network Blog - r14
1) McPherson, Smith-Lovin and Brashears claim that in a time period of 2 decades, our social networks have seen a dramatic shift. One likely explanation is the increase of technology and how it has affected our society. With the arrival... [Read More]

» Smaller Circle of Friends from Social Network Blog - g23
1. Early on in the interview, Smith-Lovin is quick to point out the obvious - adults are spending more time out in the work force. In addition to this we are more dispersed and going to work often involves commuting.... [Read More]

» Changes in Core Discussion Networks from Social Network Blog - y10
1. McPherson, Smith-Lovin & Brashears found that people’s core discussion networks have been getting smaller as the number of people saying there is no one with whom they discuss important matters nearly tripled between 1985 and 2004. Another one of... [Read More]

» Loss of friends = smokin cigarettes? from Social Network Blog - g3
The change in core discussion networks reported by McPherson, Smith-Lovin and Brashears could be explained by the national economy. Within the radio interview, it was mentioned that more citizens are spending a far great amount of time in the work... [Read More]

» It's a lonely world out there... from Social Network Blog - y11
In the interview, Lynne Smith-Lovin and Robert Putnam discuss a myriad of reasons that may attribute to the decline in core discussion networks in the last 20 years. Smith-Lovin initially makes a claim that this specific change is part of... [Read More]

» !!! Ring the Alarm!!! from Social Network Blog - g44
1) There are several contributing factors to the shrinking and collapse inward of our core discussion networks. Smith-Lovin alludes to the increase of time spent outside of the home as a major contributor to the decline of our core discussion... [Read More]

» need for a crisis from Social Network Blog - g41
Bryce LeFort Assignment # 2 The status of our core discussion networks has changed over the past few decades. Putnam and basically every other author we have read, Lovin, McPherson and Brashears all agree it reflects a much larger social... [Read More]

» Confidential from Social Network Blog - g10
1. In their article, “Social Isolation in America: Change in Core Discussion Networks Over Two Decades,” McPherson et al. are hesitant to make any substantial claims concerning the causes of the shrinking discussion networks in the U.S., but they do... [Read More]

» Important Matters from Social Network Blog - y7
(Q1) Social & Societal Change. In the radio interview, Smith-Lovin attributes the “large scale social change in how we are spending our everyday lives” to the changes we are seeing in our core discussion networks. She notes that Americans are... [Read More]

» decline, but no time to recline from Social Network Blog - r5
Additional added structure to our already busy schedule is the over-arching theme to the decline of our intimate social circles. I agree with the radio broadcaster that this deserves a red flag. People have less time due to job and... [Read More]

» Are We Hermits? from Social Network Blog - r45
1. The radio interview brings forth possibly reasons for the changes in core discussion networks in the past two decades. Smith-Lovin begins by discussing the possibility of the increase of Internet usage and geographical distance as a reason for the... [Read More]

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