COMM 481: Social Networks

» Health and Social Networks from Social Network Blog - y8
In the article entitled, “Social Integration and Health: The Case of the Common Cold,” the authors analyze the concept of social integration and how it related to health. The authors first explain the past theories that have been conducted on... [Read More]

» Health Issues in Relation to Social Networks from Social Network Blog - y10
Cohen et al argue that greater network diversity decreases the susceptibility to infectious diseases, even though they could not identify a specific pathway for this correlation. They also found that it was diversity and not the total number of relatio... [Read More]

» Disease Transmission in Social Networks from Social Network Blog - g16
"Chains of Affection" studies the interesting network of sexual relationship partners for adolescents participating in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The authors present realistic statistics in a long footnote on the first page, ... [Read More]

» health and social networks from Social Network Blog - y1
Dickens et al study the relationship between having (or lack of) a close confidant to the development of future/further cardiac events. Their initial hypothesis looked at whether “depression, lack of social support, or both before MI” (518) could be as... [Read More]

» romance and colds? from Social Network Blog - r5
Dickens & Co. The research that was done using British hospital participants showed that not having a close confidant led to future cardiac problems. The researches tested for a number of causes, but the only direct link to the... [Read More]

» Lean on me, when your not strong... from Social Network Blog - g3
The first article reflected on what most of the theories we have focused on throughout this semester, that networking and having vast ties has many positive effects on the lives of individuals. Granovetter stated that having plentiful weak ties of... [Read More]

» STD's, Colds, and Heart Attacks from Social Network Blog - r32
This week's readings focus on health topics as they relate to some of our previous findings about social networks. All were researched based and prescriptive in nature in that they seem to give the social keys to preventing some of... [Read More]

» Let's talk about sex...and the common cold from Social Network Blog - r14
In Cohen et al. the researchers studied how social network structure seems to influence the effect of the common cold. Some of the important findings I thought were that stress is a big factor in whether or not you catch... [Read More]

» Social Networks & Our Health from Social Network Blog - y7
This week’s readings deal with social networks and its effects on health. Cohen & Brissette’s article “Social Integration and Health: The Case of the Common Cold” looks at social integration, social network diversity and one’s susceptibility to the col... [Read More]

» Forget wrinkle cream, you better network! from Social Network Blog - y11
This week’s readings focused on analyzing the effect that social network closeness and diversity have one one’s health and well being. In some surprising findings, authors of the various papers demonstrate that the diversity and reach of social network... [Read More]

» Friends and Germs from Social Network Blog - y35
In “Social Integration and Health: The Case of the Common Cold” Cohen, Skoner, and Doyle create a thorough experiment to answer questions about how social isolation impacts health for individuals. They want to find out if the extent to which... [Read More]

» Companionship and Health from Social Network Blog - g44
The Dickinson et al article definitely surprised me in that the evidence truly suggests that there could be some serious psychological effect associated with the lack of companionship. This article lends more credence to “the power of suggestion” and t... [Read More]

» Being Social & Healthy from Social Network Blog - g23
Cohen, Brissette, Skoner, and Doyle provide interesting research for the idea that one's social network can affect one's health. Their research supports the existing theories associated with the idea that "occupying diverse social roles is beneficial t... [Read More]

» Social Isolation & Resources from Social Network Blog - y7
The first article, “Social Isolation and the Underclass” looks at the relationship between poverty and social isolation, the role that neighborhoods play in social isolation and also the gender differences in the structure of social isolation. Fernand... [Read More]

» A Lonely Lot...Emiseration in the Ghetto from Social Network Blog - g44
I almost wish that we had read these articles earlier in the semester since the ghetto has been made a commodity marketed and packaged by mainstream culture, rather than seen as a place that needs resources, not a microscope. Social... [Read More]

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