@techreport{Gaudeul2011role,
abstract = {This paper deals with the role of reciprocation in the formation of individuals' social networks, that is to what extent initiating a relation brings about its reciprocation. Following the activity of a panel of bloggers over more than a year, we seek to establish whether bloggers are mainly involved in social networking or are part of the media industry. We adapt a standard capital investment model to study the effect of reciprocation on the building of social capital. Results of our analysis confirm that activity and reciprocation both play a role in the dynamics of social media.},
address = {Jena},
author = {Alexia Gaudeul and Caterina Giannetti},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {C33; D85; L82; 330; bloggers; friendship; livejournal; media; panel data; reciprocation; reciprocity; social capital; social media; social networks; Virtuelle Gemeinschaft; Austauschtheorie (Soziologie); Online-Netzwerk; Social Capital},
language = {eng},
number = {2011,015},
publisher = {Univ. [u.a.]},
title = {The role of reciprocation in social network formation, with an application to blogging},
type = {Jena economic research papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/56925},
year = {2011}
}
