Cooperative behavior cascades in human social networks - 1 views

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  #1 edphillips on 29 Jul 14

   

  http://www.pnas.org/content/107/12/5334.full
  
  This essay by Christakis and Fowler (co-authors of the fascinating book Connected: The surprising power of our social networks and how they shape us, looks briefly at how cooperative work is contagious. This has ramifications for forming a culture of cooperation in our classes, assuming that cooperative behaviors online are not substantially different from other forms of social community (a big if, of course).

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/107/12/5334.full" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.pnas.org/content/107/12/5334.full</a> <br /> <br /> This essay by Christakis and Fowler (co-authors of the fascinating book Connected: The surprising power of our social networks and how they shape us, looks briefly at how cooperative work is contagious. This has ramifications for forming a culture of cooperation in our classes, assuming that cooperative behaviors online are not substantially different from other forms of social community (a big if, of course).</div>

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