A multilevel path analysis of contact frequency between social network members
A multilevel path analysis of contact frequency between social network members
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社交网络成员之间接触频率的多级路径分析
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发表时间：
2010
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2.9
通讯作者：
H. Timmermans
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作者：
P. Berg;T. Arentze;H. Timmermans
近年来，人们对社交网络在空间选择和出行行为中的作用越来越感兴趣。人们已经认识到，社会活动和为这些活动进行的旅行可以从个人的社交网络中产生，社会活动是旅行需求的重要组成部分。在这方面，信息和通信技术的影响也很重要。本研究采用多水平路径分析方法，考察了自我特征和自我-他人关系对不同沟通方式下的社会互动频率的影响。这些分析是基于2008年在荷兰埃因霍温地区收集的116名受访者的社交网络数据。结果表明，不同模式的接触频率之间的互补关系。不同模式的接触频率，特别是面对面和电话，也可以在很大程度上由自我的个人特征和关系类型以及自我与改变者之间的距离来解释。
Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the role of social networks in spatial-choice and travel behavior. It has been acknowledged that social activities and the travel for these activities can emerge from individuals’ social networks and that social activities are responsible for an important portion of travel demand. The influence of information and communication technologies (ICT’s) is also important in this respect. The purpose of the paper is to examine the effects of characteristics of egos and ego-alter relationships on the frequency of social interaction by different communication modes, using multilevel path analysis. The analyses are based on social network data collected in 2008 in the Eindhoven region in the Netherlands among 116 respondents. The results indicate a complementary relationship between contact frequencies by different modes. The contact frequencies of the different modes, especially face-to-face and telephone, can also be largely explained by the ego’s personal characteristics and the type of relationship and the distance between ego and alter.