Consensus and Networks

Instructor: Jeff Johnson

This workshop is about doing studies that look at the relationship between dyadic agreement (e.g., similar views on frakking) and network ties (e.g., interaction). We also look at how a pattern of agreeing with others (e.g., prototypicality of views) relates to centrality. The workshop touches on the Romney et al cultural consensus model.

References

Carley, K. (1986). An approach for relating social structure to cognitive structure. Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 12(2), 137-189.

Romney, A. Kimball,. Susan C. Weller and William H. Batchelder. 1986. Culture as Consensus: A Theory of Culture and Informant Accuracy. American Anthropologist 88:313 338 [^pdf]