Cómo y por qué los modelos de selección difieren entre estudiantes. La influencia potencial de los tamaños de la red, el nivel de información y la pertenencia a grupos

High school students can select class mates for new friendships using a repertoire of patterns. They can actively pursue new friendships, make use of the existing network structure, and/ or use the scarce and often erroneous information about candidates. In this theoretical paper, we argue that such...

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Published inRedes : revista hispana para el análisis de redes sociales Vol. 19; p. 12e
Main Authors Baerveldt, Chris, van de Bunt, Gerhard G., de Federico de la Rua, Ainhoa
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 01.12.2010
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Adolescents
Selection
Social networks
Theory
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Summary:High school students can select class mates for new friendships using a repertoire of patterns. They can actively pursue new friendships, make use of the existing network structure, and/ or use the scarce and often erroneous information about candidates. In this theoretical paper, we argue that such selection patterns should not be studied as the result of general rules, as is usually done in social network studies. Specifically, we state that network size preferences, the level of information about individual attributes of fellow classmates, and group membership are likely to differ among high school students, and that as a result, also their selection patterns are likely to be different. In this paper we sketch the theoretical articulations between these.
ISSN:1579-0185