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Phenotypic assortment in wild primate networks: implications for the dissemination of information [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2015
Individuals' access to social information can depend on their social network. Homophily—a preference to associate with similar phenotypes—may cause assortment within social networks that could preclude information transfer from individuals who generate ...
Alecia J. Carter   +4 more
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Do Emotional Cues Influence the Performance of Domestic Dogs in an Observational Learning Task?

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Using social information is not indiscriminate and being able to choose what to copy and from whom to copy is critical. Dogs are able to learn socially, to recognize, and respond to dog as well as human emotional expressions, and to make reputation-like ...
Natalia Albuquerque   +4 more
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The information trail

open access: yeseLife, 2016
The ability of a wild baboon to acquire and exploit social information depends on its individual characteristics and its position within various social networks.
Carol Berman
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Voluntary disclosure of contributions: an experimental study on nonmandatory approaches for improving public good provision

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2015
There has been an increasing interest in nonpecuniary measures to encourage prosocial behavior. Among these is the use of social comparison, or social information.
Ursula W. Kreitmair
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On the Use of Nudges to Affect Spillovers in Environmental Behaviors

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
Environmental self-identity is considered a promising lever to generate positive spillovers across pro-environmental behaviors: existing evidence shows that it is positively correlated with pro-environmental choices and that it can be easily manipulated,
Valeria Fanghella   +3 more
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Emerging clean energy markets are drivers for solar and wind industries [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Emerging markets are rapidly developing and outperforming developed markets in terms of onshore wind and solar power. Moreover, emerging markets are now getting drivers for the enhancement of global renewable energy as they are seen as territories with ...
Faminskaya Marina, Potekhina Elena
doaj   +1 more source

Information flow in social groups [PDF]

open access: yesPhysica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2004
We present a study of information flow that takes into account the observation that an item relevant to one person is more likely to be of interest to individuals in the same social circle than those outside of it. This is due to the fact that the similarity of node attributes in social networks decreases as a function of the graph distance.
Wu, Fang   +3 more
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Political Aspects of the Development of the Infrastructure of Digital Social Sciences and Humanities in the European Union [PDF]

open access: yesСовременная Европа, 2022
The article explores the problems of the development of digital infrastructure of social sciences and humanities in the countries of the European Union. Particular attention is paid to the European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs), as well as to
A.B. Antopol’skii, D.V. Efremenko
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Information Behavior on Social Live Streaming Services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In the last few years, a new type of synchronous social networking services (SNSs) has emerged—social live streaming services (SLSSs). Studying SLSSs is a new and exciting research field in information science.
Stock, Wolfgang G.   +5 more
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Social information acquisition and decision-making with social information

open access: yes, 2023
The four studies of this dissertation explore individual decision-making in a social setting in which social information plays a crucial role. Within this social setting, the dissertation contributes to two main questions: In chapters 1 and 2, the dissertation explores how and under which conditions people behavioral react to social information.
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