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| Title: | | The role of reciprocation in social network formation, with an application to blogging  |
| Authors: | | Gaudeul, Alexia Giannetti, Caterina |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Jena economic research papers 2011,015 |
| 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. |
| Subjects: | | bloggers friendship livejournal media panel data reciprocation reciprocity social capital social media social networks |
| JEL: | | C33 D85 L82 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Jena Economic Research Papers, MPI für Ökonomik
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