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Who Are Your Friends?
Who do you discuss Important Matters with?
Who do you spend your Free Time with?
Connected
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One Pair
Connected
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Many Pairs
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Connected
Interconnected
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Social Network
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The Power of FriendsConnected
Friends as DataFriends as MotivatorsFriends as Multipliers
Friends as Sensors
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The Framingham Heart Study
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Original Cohort1948N = 5,209
Offspring Cohort1971N = 5,124
Gen 3 Cohort2002N ~ 4,000
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ObesityClusters
FHS NETWORK
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Three DegreesOf Association
FHS NETWORK
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HOMOPHILY
Causes of Similarity and Clustering
INFLUENCE CONTEXT
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The SpreadOf Obesity
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FROM 1971 TO 2003
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Spread of Obesity
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NA Christakis and JH Fowler, “The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network Over 32 Years,” New England Journal of Medicine 2007; 357: 370-379
Ego-Perceived Friend
Mutual Friend
Alter-Perceived Friend
Same Sex Friend
Opposite Sex Friend
Spouse
Sibling
Same Sex Sibling
Opposite Sex Sibling
Immediate Neighbor
Small Workplace Co-worker
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PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN RISK OF OBESITY
SOCIAL CONTACT
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20011971
Smoking ClustersFHS NETWORK
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Drinking ClustersFHS NETWORK
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ANGER HAPPINESS
Reading Emotions
Connected
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HappinessClusters
FHS NETWORK
Connected
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GenerosityCascades
EXPERIMENTALNETWORK
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How Do We Take Our Natural Social Networks Online?
Connected
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Connected
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OnlineNetworks
Connected
FULL NETWORK
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OnlineNetworks
Connected
NO EFFECT!
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OnlineNetworks
REAL FRIENDS
Connected
K Lewis, J Kaufman, M Gonzalez, A Wimmer, and NA Christakis, “Tastes, Ties, and Time,” Social Networks 2008; 30: 330-342
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OnlineNetworks
REAL FRIENDS
Connected
PLUS FACEBOOK
K Lewis, J Kaufman, M Gonzalez, A Wimmer, and NA Christakis, “Tastes, Ties, and Time,” Social Networks 2008; 30: 330-342
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PhotoTagging
Connected
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SmilingClusters
FACEBOOK NETWORK
Smilers
NonSmilers
Connected
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ObesityClusters
FACEBOOK NETWORK
Connected
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ViralVoting
FACEBOOK NETWORK
Connected
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ViralVoting
FACEBOOK NETWORK
Connected
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ViralVoting
FACEBOOK NETWORK
Connected
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Connected
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Initially targeted High influence & high receptivenessSecond wave More receptiveThird wave Increasing acceptance
Measuring susceptibility--Intervention is more effective
Express Scripts
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Email Data at Healthways-Each node represents an employee -Each line represents >100 emails transferred between nodes
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BMI Ranks and Obesity at HealthwaysRed lines show bi-directional ties
Grey lines are directed ties
Body Mass Index (BMI) > 30is considered obese
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Bikewalk Program in Blue Zones by Healthways-Each node represents an individual-Green nodes are predicted adopters for the Bikewalk program
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Connected
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Network
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Theoretical Differences in Epidemic CurvesC
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PopulationRANDOM PEOPLE
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PopulationPEOPLE & FRIENDS
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Observed Differences in Epidemic CurvesC
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PATHOGENS INFORMATION NORMS BEHAVIORS
Contagious Outbreaks
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Twitter Data! 2/3 of the Twittershpere• 476,553,560 tweets• 40,171,624 users• 1,468,365,182 follows
June-December 2009
Kwak, H., Lee, C., Park, H., & Moon, S. (2010). What is Twitter, a social network or a news media. Proceedings of the 19th international conference on World wide web, 591–600.
66,935,466 tweets using a hashtag
4,093,624 different hashtags
1,620,896 users using hashtags
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Sensor vs. control – specific examples
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Global view of lead times
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More Active AND More Diverse
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Early Warning, Even Out of Sample
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PowerfulFriends
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Friends as DataFriends as MotivatorsFriends as MultipliersFriends as Sensors
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Realize Your Own Network Power
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