Support and commitment of union members, as well as solidarity among workers, are crucial for effective mobilization. This article examines the 2007–2008 Hollywood Writers’ Strike as a case of a fragmented labour force in a creative industry. The article explores how social networks serve as facilitators of solidarity among workers and participation in strike events. There is robust empirical evidence in the literature, showing that organizational structure in the workplace determines social ties among workers, and these pre-existing ties are likely to have an effect on workers’ commitment to and participation in a strike. However, this empirical literature is limited in the sense that it does not consider the evolution of social networks during organizing and strikes. Therefore, this study seeks to understand the effect of collective action on interpersonal relations among the participants, and the role of these ties on future strike participation. The main contribution of this article is to empirically show that social networks during a strike are dynamic, and participation in a strike is very much a function of these networks. We also show that propinquity and network intentionality were important tie formation mechanisms in the picket lines. The implications of these findings for organizers and trade-offs between hierarchical and decentralized mobilizations are also discussed.

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社交网络与罢工参与：好莱坞作家罢工的动态分析

工会成员的支持和承诺以及工人之间的团结对于有效动员至关重要。本文将 2007 年至 2008 年的好莱坞作家罢工作为创意产业劳动力分散的一个案例进行研究。本文探讨了社交网络如何促进工人团结和参与罢工活动。文献中有强有力的实证证据表明，工作场所的组织结构决定了工人之间的社会联系，而这些预先存在的联系可能会对工人对罢工的承诺和参与产生影响。然而，这种实证文献的局限性在于它没有考虑组织和罢工期间社会网络的演变。所以，本研究旨在了解集体行动对参与者之间人际关系的影响，以及这些关系对未来罢工参与的作用。本文的主要贡献是实证表明社交网络罢工期间是动态的，参与罢工很大程度上是这些网络的功能。我们还表明，亲近性和网络意图是纠察线中重要的联系形成机制。还讨论了这些发现对组织者的影响以及分级和分散动员之间的权衡。