We have conservative and liberal news. What about schools? Television? Neighborhoods?
From decades of research, sociologists know a lot about human relationships. We know about your friends, your co-workers, and your neighbors. What we do not know is who you see every day or how well you know them. In the course of your Saturday, you might spend five minutes with a neighbor and an hour with a friend, but what happened during the rest of the time? When you exchanged money at the Starbucks or nodded at another parent at your child’s soccer game, you interacted with others, but we know virtually nothing about the collective mass of these interactions or how they shape your perception of the world.
Social network analysis was supposed to provide revolutionary insight into the cause and consequences of interactions, but massive data requirements limited its utility. There is good news, though – the right tools exist to take apart these interactions and study them. By capitalizing on the wealth of data sources inherent to modern technology, we can track the connections between people, not just relationally, but experientially.
The project, currently in data collection, utilizes a nationally-representative sample of 5,000 respondents, with an over-representation of high-income earners. It also utilizes the American Time Use Survey, a subsample of CPS that gathers data on how people spend their time.
We have conservative and liberal news. What about schools? Television? Neighborhoods?
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The Queen of Versailles is a documentary about a billionaire family and their financial challenges in the wake of the economic crisis that reveal the innate virtues and flaws of the American Dream. The film begins with the family triumphantly constructing the largest privately-owned house in America, a 90,000 sq. ft. palace. Over the next two years, their sprawling empire, fueled by the real estate bubble and cheap money, falters due to the economic crisis. Major changes in lifestyle and character ensue within the cross-cultural household of family members and domestic staff.
Dan Price, the founder and CEO of Gravity Payments, discusses the consequences of his company’s $70,000 salary minimum for all employees.
New York developer proposes “poor door”.