Righi, S;
Carletti, T;
(2013)
Face-to-Face Discussions: Networking or Opinions Exchange?
In: Gilbert, T and Kirkilionis, M and Nicolis, G, (eds.)
Proceedings of the European Conference on Complex Systems 2012.
(pp. 819-826).
Springer Nature: Cham, Switzerland.
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Abstract
We use recent results of Cattuto et al. (PLoS ONE, 5(7):e11596, 2010) on face-to-face contact durations to try to answer the question: why do people engage in face-to-face discussions? In particular we focus on behavior of scientists in academic conferences. We show evidence that macroscopic measured data are compatible with two different micro-founded models of social interaction. We find that the first model, in which discussions are performed with the aim of introducing oneself (networking), explains the data when the group exhibits few well reputed scientists. On the contrary, when the reputation hierarchy is not strong, a model where agents’ encounters are aimed at exchanging opinions explains the data better.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Face-to-Face Discussions: Networking or Opinions Exchange? |
| ISBN: | 2213-8684 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-3-319-00394-8 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-00395-5_99 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00395-5_99 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Face-to-face discussion, Opinion dynamics, Social interactions |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10068068 |
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