Doctoral Dissertation Research: Social Networks, Social Influence, and Cultural Meanings

博士论文研究：社交网络、社会影响力和文化意义

• 批准号: 1003419
• 负责人: Lynn Smith-Lovin
• 金额: $ 0.5万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-06-01 至 2012-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1003419&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Social; Networks

SES#: 1003419PI: Lynn Smith-LovinCo-PI: Kimberly B. RogersDuke UniversityThis research examines the relationship between patterns of social interaction and shared social meaning. There are two studies which (1) explore the relationship between structural position, social connectedness, and patterns of social meaning, and (2) examine meaning change as a result of the social influence dynamics operating through interpersonal interaction. In the first study, respondents will complete some questionnaires measuring their affective meanings for various identity groups, their ties to various parts of the social structure, and their personal socio-demographic position. This will help demonstrate variation across the social structure in cultural meanings and identify some features of social structure associated with meaning consensus. In the second study, respondents will participate in an experimentally simulated social interaction, which will measure the effects of group deliberation on respondents' social meanings. This will allow us to parse out some potential mechanisms of meaning formation and change, with particular focus on the role of social influence processes. BROADER IMPACTS: This project has the potential to transform researchers' conceptualizations and measurement of social meaning as well as extend knowledge on the relevance of social networks to leading theories of identity. Further, by identifying mechanisms of meaning formation and change, this research can inform policymakers' strategies for the management of social issues related to group differences in cultural beliefs, for example, stigmatization, intergroup conflict, and acculturation.

SES#：1003419PI：Lynn Smith-Lovin Co-Pi：金伯利·B·罗杰斯杜克大学这项研究考察了社会互动模式和共享社会意义之间的关系。有两个研究：(1)探讨结构位置、社会连通性和社会意义模式之间的关系；(2)考察通过人际互动操作的社会影响动态所导致的意义变化。在第一项研究中，受访者将完成一些问卷，测量他们对不同身份群体的情感含义，他们与社会结构不同部分的联系，以及他们个人的社会人口状况。这将有助于展示不同社会结构在文化意义上的差异，并识别与意义共识相关的社会结构的一些特征。在第二项研究中，受访者将参与一项实验模拟的社交互动，这将衡量集体审议对受访者社交意义的影响。这将使我们能够分析出一些潜在的意义形成和变化的机制，特别是关注社会影响过程的作用。更广泛的影响：这个项目有可能改变研究人员对社会意义的概念化和衡量，并将关于社会网络相关性的知识扩展到领先的身份认同理论。此外，通过识别意义形成和变化的机制，本研究可以为政策制定者提供信息，以管理与文化信仰中的群体差异有关的社会问题，例如，污名化、群体间冲突和文化适应。