Connected

Social Networks and You

Tom Morris | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living


Tom Morris

We tend to become like the people we're around. Social contact is contagious. Human nature is amazingly malleable.

Facebook Friendships and Social Influence: Guest Blog

Giles Slade | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media


Giles Slade

We followed 1,700 interconnected college students on Facebook. Their profiles listed favorite bands, movies, and authors. But we wondered how their tastes might spread.

Connected: New Book Says Humans "Behave Like Flocks Of Birds"

USA Today | Sharon Jayson | Posted 09.28.2009 | Books


The interconnected web of our friends, family, neighbors and acquaintances may dominate our lives more than we know. They've always been there, maki...