Check-ins in “Blau Space”
Abstract
Peter Blau was one of the first to define a latent social space and utilize it to provide concrete hypotheses. Blau defines social structure via social “parameters” (constraints). Actors that are closer together (more homogenous) in this social parameter space are more likely to interact. One of Blau’s most important hypotheses resulting from this work was that the consolidation of parameters could lead to isolated social groups. For example, the consolidation of race and income might lead to segregation. In the present work, we use Foursquare data from New York City to explore evidence of homogeneity along certain social parameters and consolidation that breeds social isolation in communities of locations checked in to by similar users.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Sep 18, 2014
- Source ID
- 10.1145/2566617
Entities
People
- Jason I. Hong
- Kathleen Carley
- Kenneth Joseph
Organizations
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Office of Naval Research