The spread of gossip in American schools
The spread of gossip in American schools
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10.1209/0295-5075/78/68005
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2006-03
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P. Lind;L. R. da Silva;J. S. Andrade;Hans Jürgen Herrmann
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作者：
P. Lind;L. R. da Silva;J. S. Andrade;Hans Jürgen Herrmann
八卦被定义为专门针对一个人的谣言，基本上只在其友谊关系中传播。这项研究首次对流言传播的速度和范围进行了定量评估。为此，我们引入了“传播因子”，并研究它的经验网络的学校友谊以及各种模型的社会联系。我们发现，存在一个理想的友谊连接的个人应该有最小化的危险八卦传播。
Gossip is defined as a rumor which specifically targets one individual and essentially only propagates within its friendship connections. How fast and how far a gossip can spread is for the first time assessed quantitatively in this study. For that purpose we introduce the “spread factor” and study it on empirical networks of school friendships as well as on various models for social connections. We discover that there exists an ideal number of friendship connections an individual should have to minimize the danger of gossip propagation.