Tie Strength

Content

Watch the video lecture on YouTube.
Slides

Lots of readings in this topic!

Readings

• Chapter 5 from the book
• Granovetter, Mark (1973) The Strength of Weak Ties.American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 78, Issue 6, May 1973, pp. 1360-1380.
• Eric Gilbert and Karrie Karahalios. 2009. Predicting Tie Strength With Social Media. Proceedings of CHI 2009.
  • A video of a presentation by Karrie Karahalios on work related to this paper
• Optional - Granovetter, M. S. 1973. The Strength of Weak Ties: A Network Theory Revisited. Sociological Theory, Volume 1 (1983), 201-233.

Exercises

Lots of discussion for this topic, too!

• In lecture, I asked you to list some things that would measure tie strength. On the discussion board for Tie Strength: Measures, please list the measures with your reasons for each. Then, reply to at least three other students' posts. Note that we won't get all of this right here. Don't be shy about disagreeing (but offer support for your argument and an alternative, if possible).
• On the discussion board, please answer as requested in the topic for Tie Strength: Discussion of Gilbert&Karahalios Paper. Post at least three replies to other students' comments. I am particulatly interested in the quality of your analysis in this discussion.