CONNECTED 保持联系
2009-9
Nicholas A. Christakis 著
338
Harvard professor and health care policy specialist Christakis (Death Foretold: Prophecy and Prognosis in Medical Care) became interested in social connectivity when observing that the mortality rate of spouses spike after a partner passes away. Christakis sought out a collaboration with Fowler, a health systems and political scientist, and together they compare topology (the hows of a given structure) across different social networks to better explain how participation and positioning enhances the effectiveness of an individual, and why the "whole" of a network is "greater than the sum of its parts." Five basic rules describe the relationship between individuals and their networks-including mutual adaptation, the influence of friends and friends' friends, the network's "life of its own"-but the results do more than promote the good of the group: they also spread contagions; create "epidemics" of obesity, smoking and substance abuse; disseminate fads and markets; alter voting patterns; and more. A thorough but popular take on a complex phenomenon, this volume offers an entertaining guide to the mechanics and importance of human networking. 13 b/w illustrations, 8-page color insert. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PREFACE1. IN THE THICK OF IT2. WHEN YOU SMILE, THE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU3. LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH4. THIS HURTS ME As MUCH As IT HURTS You5. THE BUCK STARTS HERE6. POLITICALLY CONNECTED7. IT'S IN OUR NATURE8. HYPERCONNECTED9. THE WHOLE IS GREATACKNOWLEDGMENTSNOTESILLUSTRATION CREDITSINDEX
