Social Networks ( IF 4.144 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-19 , DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2020.08.001 Marc A.C. Sarazin
Current network scholarship does not explain why negative and positive ties both frequently occur in large numbers in some settings, such as schools. In the present paper, I argue that this can happen when people disproportionately send negative ties to socially close individuals (‘friends of friends’). I propose a new theory—‘intensity theory’—which argues that disliking ties disproportionately occur between friends of friends in ‘intense foci’. Intense foci are settings that concentrate social relations, and in which other people are difficult to avoid. I draw on a mixed-methods case study of a boarding school and several strands of literature to substantiate the theory. In so doing, I offer a new mechanism for the initial appearance of disliking ties, propose a contextual approach to balance theory and networks in general, and suggest a more complex view of the link between positive and negative ties.
中文翻译:
不喜欢学校朋友的朋友:正面和负面关系如何大量共存
当前的网络奖学金无法解释为什么在某些情况下(例如学校)大量同时出现积极和消极的关系。在本文中,我认为当人们不成比例地向社会上亲密的个人(“朋友的朋友”)发送消极关系时,就会发生这种情况。我提出了一种新的理论-“强度理论”,该理论认为,在“强烈病灶”中,朋友之间的朋友之间的厌恶联系不成比例。强烈的焦点是集中社会关系的环境,而其他人很难避免。我用一所寄宿学校的混合方法案例研究和几串文学来证实这一理论。为此,我提供了一种新的机制来消除不喜欢的联系,提出了一种上下文方法来平衡理论和一般的网络,