Homophily influences ranking of minorities in social networks

Homophily can put minority groups at a disadvantage by restricting their ability to establish links with a majority group or to access novel information. Here, we show how this phenomenon can influence the ranking of minorities in examples of real-world networks with various levels of heterophily an...

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Published in:	Scientific reports Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 11077 - 12
Main Authors:	Karimi, Fariba, Génois, Mathieu, Wagner, Claudia, Singer, Philipp, Strohmaier, Markus
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 23.07.2018 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	639/705/1042 639/766/259 Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems Computational science Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Humanities and Social Sciences Information theory and computation Life Sciences Minderheit Minority & ethnic groups multidisciplinary Nonlinear Sciences Physics Physics and Society Santé publique et épidémiologie Science Science (multidisciplinary) Social behavior Social interactions Social networks Social organization Sociology
ISSN:	2045-2322, 2045-2322
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