LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — People’s place in a social network is influenced in part by their genes, a new study has found. Popularity, or the number of times an individual was named as a friend, and the likelihood that those friends know one another were both strongly heritable, according to the study by [...]
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Researchers identify genetic influence in social networks
Posted: January 28, 2009 in Social NetworkTags: Social Network
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Social fit may be a matter of genes, study finds
Posted: January 27, 2009 in Social NetworkTags: Social Network
It’s no surprise that there’s a gene in congeniality. After all, how well you make friends obviously depends to some degree on heritable personality traits such as whether you are gregarious or shy. But in a paper published in the online version of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences yesterday, researchers at the [...]
Suç Örgütleriyle Mücadelede Sosyal Network Analizi ve Global Güvenlik
Posted: January 1, 2009 in Kose yazilarimTags: Social Network, Sosyal Ağ
Örgütlerle mücadele (terör veya organize suç) ülke güvenliğini ilgilendirdiği kadar küresel güvenliğin de temel taşlarındandır. Sınır aşan örgütlü suçlarla mücadele bir ülke ne kadar güçlü olursa olsun tek başına başarışılı olması pek mümkün değildir. Başarının ülkelerin ve kurumlarının işbirliğine bağlı olduğu bir mücadelede kullanılacak yöntemler de dünya düzenine uyum sağlamalıdır. Bu yazımda kısaca sosyal network [...]
Social networking sites help companies boost productivity
Posted: October 13, 2008 in Social NetworkTags: Social Network
SAN FRANCISCO — Social networking is going corporate. The popular technology used by millions of people to share ideas and photos on MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and others is catching on at companies to improve productivity and communication among workers. Private, internal social networks make sense as companies grapple with a slumping economy that has made [...]
The Bell Now Tolls for Social Networks
Posted: October 13, 2008 in Social NetworkTags: Social Network
I blame David Hasselhoff. Everything was going fine for the web — the financial world had been unwinding its overleveraged excesses for nearly a year without nary a ripple into Silicon Valley — until the launch of HoffSpace, a social network revolving around the oogachaka-ing, burger-wagging actor. Some bloggers called it a bizarre nightmare. Others [...]
Education, Family Background, Key Factors Determining Economic Mobility
Posted: September 28, 2008 in Social NetworkTags: LinkedIn, Social Capital, Social Network
New report examines the leading indicators of whether a person will move up, or down, the economic ladder over time. Educational attainment, family structure and savings are the strongest determinants of whether Americans move up, or down, the economic ladder, according to a new report authored by Stuart Butler, William Beach and Paul Winfree of [...]
SoCa strengthened collaboration among social capital researchers
Posted: September 10, 2008 in Social NetworkTags: Social Capital, Social Network
The Academy of Finland’s Research Programme on Social Capital and Networks of Trust (SoCa) was successful in reinforcing multidisciplinary collaboration among researchers and attracting young researchers to conduct research in the field. The programme also elucidated and strengthened the concept of social capital and established an interdisciplinary research approach in the field. This is the [...]
