Segregation in Social Networks Based on Acquaintanceship and Trust
Segregation in Social Networks Based on Acquaintanceship and Trust
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DOI：
10.1086/659100
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Zheng, Tian
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作者：
DiPrete, Thomas A.;Gelman, Andrew;Zheng, Tian
利用2006年的综合社会调查数据，作者比较了当代美国种族隔离的程度以及潜在社会分裂的其他方面。美国人并不像最近最极端的估计所显示的那样孤立。然而，不支持“桥接”社会资本在更广泛的熟人网络中比在核心网络中更常见的希望。相反，在美国人看来，整个熟人网络就像小得多的亲密关系网络一样是隔离的。人们并不总是知道他们的熟人的宗教信仰、政治意识形态、家庭行为或社会经济地位，但在这些方面感知到的社会分歧是很高的，有时与熟人网络中的种族隔离相媲美。当今社会融合面临的主要挑战来自于许多美国人倾向于将自己与种族、政治意识形态、宗教程度和其他社会身份显著方面不同的人隔离开来。
Using 2006 General Social Survey data, the authors compare levels of segregation by race and along other dimensions of potential social cleavage in the contemporary United States. Americans are not as isolated as the most extreme recent estimates suggest. However, hopes that "bridging" social capital is more common in broader acquaintanceship networks than in core networks are not supported. Instead, the entire acquaintanceship network is perceived by Americans to be about as segregated as the much smaller network of close ties. People do not always know the religiosity, political ideology, family behaviors, or socioeconomic status of their acquaintances, but perceived social divisions on these dimensions are high, sometimes rivaling racial segregation in acquaintanceship networks. The major challenge to social integration today comes from the tendency of many Americans to isolate themselves from others who differ on race, political ideology, level of religiosity, and other salient aspects of social identity.