... would leave for an hour to feed or drink, another lactating female would step up and act as guardian over the calf. However, networks associated with reproduction are not only about parental care. In the house finches that behavioral ecologist Kevin Oh studies, social networks are also about selecting...

... the social networks of survivors. The chapter begins by looking at a mice dwelling in a special barn in Switzerland, which was designed and built by a team of ethologists led by Barbara König. The team examined whether mass predation affected interactions between cliques. Analyzing clustering coefficients...

...This chapter illustrates how cultural transmission plays a role in the dynamics of animal social networks. It begins by looking at Janet Mann's study on culture and tool use in bottlenose dolphins in Australia. Mann was part of the Shark Bay research team that first documented sponging behavior...

...This chapter highlights animal health networks. There are two different approaches to studying how animal social networks act as highways along which microorganisms can navigate from host to host. One is to focus on a specific microbe and examine how it navigates a network, and what that means...

...This afterword reflects on the future of the study of animal social networks. No area in the field of animal behavior is more integrally tied to technology than the study of social networks. Passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags, radio-frequency identification (RFID) antennae, GPS tracking...

... and urban residents, and the emergence of new forms of household and social networks linking rural and urban spaces in the Amazon estuary. These analyses benefit from long-term ethnographic work in the Amazon estuary, particularly the municipality of Ponta de Pedras (Pará State), primary and secondary...

... Handsch Georg Meyricke Anne Oxinden George Pearce William Powell John Stolberg Michael hands on experience Withington Phil Wrightson Keith recipes and recipe collecting gift exchange social knowledge record keeping social networks information access Archdale Palmer Archdale Palmer (1610...

...This chapter focuses on the influence of parents’ collective action and social networks in processes of school choice and urban school transformation. Specifically, the chapter examines the efforts of a middle-class neighborhood parent group to increase neighborhood enrollment and investment...

...This paper explores the interrelationships between early retirement, mental health—especially cognition—and the size and composition of social networks among older people. While early retirement enables more leisure and relieves stressful job conditions, it also accelerates cognitive decline. We...

...Police and other people in north India deploy a variety of euphemisms for corruption, one of which is the Hindi term “jugaad”, which refers to goal-oriented improvisation, especially the use of informal social networks to advance one’s interests. But as often as it is conflated with corruption...

... This chapter is based on Yoosik Youm and Edward O. Laumann, “Social Network Effects on the Transmission of Sexually Transmitted Diseases,” Sexually Transmitted Diseases 29, no. 11 (2002): 689–97. 10.1097/00007435-200211000-00012 An earlier version was presented as “Social...

... and traced the outlines of expansive social networks, anticipating later developments in communication in our highly “networked” world today. Carroll John letters manuscripts media history networks Richardson Samuel Wescomb Sarah antiquarianism archives Montagu Elizabeth Munby A N L Republic...

... and immigration underinformed public political communication political discussion Settle Jaime Druckman James Levendusky Matthew McLain Audrey Soroka Stuart Wlezien Christopher economy Fox News marijuana legalization MSNBC social networks two step flow of information Columbia School of political...

... while contributing to women’s insecurity through the possibility of gossip and exposure to the “shadow” of state regulations. Interrelating concepts regarding reproduction, belonging, social networks, and legal conscious, this book offers an uplifting account of African migrants as mothers....

... are transformed as a result. This book focuses on how Ndau social networks were fragmented by wartime displacement and the profound effect this had on gender relations. Demonstrating how wartime migration and post-conflict return were shaped by social struggles and interests that had little to do with the larger...

... relationship work trust production professionals talent agents agenting style professional identities social networks social capital Existing and succeeding as an agent are often equated by the concerned with “having relationships.” This is probably the most central element that these professionals...

... and profitable exchanges. When credit became scarce, Italian city residents generated their own credit. Vendor “take-back” mortgages, wherein the buyer obtained a mortgage from the seller, soon became dominant in Little Italy. Italian social networks in Toronto were elastic, as reflected in the fact that sellers...

... thermometer experiments trait rating stereotypes Carter Jimmy McCain John Trump Donald trust political Clinton Hillary Cruz Ted Kasich John Sanders Bernie inter-group friendship cross-party friendship social networks partisan divide animosity I never considered a difference of opinion...

...This chapter looks into the emergence of social media. It discusses how social networks have long been known to be important channels for opinion formation. Thus, the rise of social media, such as blogs, Twitter, and Facebook, accelerated interest in understanding the role of social networks...