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Social Networks and Construction of Culture: A Socio-Semantic Analysis of Art Groups

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Complex Networks & Their Applications V (COMPLEX NETWORKS 2016 2016)

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This paper explores the relations between social ties and cultural constructs in small groups. The analysis uses cross-sectional data comprising both social networks within three art groups and semantic networks based on verbal expressions of their members. We examine how positions of actors in the intragroup social networks associate with the properties of cultural constructs they create jointly with other group members accounting for different roles actors play in collective culture constructing. We find that social popularity rather hinders sharing of cultural concepts, while those individuals who socially bridge their groups come to share many concepts with others. Moreover, focusing and, especially, integration of cultural constructs, rather than mere ‘thickness’ of those, accompany intense interactions between the leaders and the followers.

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  1. Centre for German and European Studies, St. Petersburg State University – Bielefeld University, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Nikita Basov & Artem Antoniuk

  2. Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Ju-Sung Lee

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  3. IMT Lucca , Lucca, Italy

    Walter Quattrociocchi

  4. Blanchardstown Business and Tech Park, Bell Labs-Nokia Blanchardstown Business and Tech Park, Blanchardstown, Ireland

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Basov, N., Lee, JS., Antoniuk, A. (2017). Social Networks and Construction of Culture: A Socio-Semantic Analysis of Art Groups. In: Cherifi, H., Gaito, S., Quattrociocchi, W., Sala, A. (eds) Complex Networks & Their Applications V. COMPLEX NETWORKS 2016 2016. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 693. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50901-3_62

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