[CSS] Lecture 11 - The Language of Coordination (Luca Aiello)

Question 1

What is the Peter Blau’s social exhange theory

Answer 1

Any relationship is an exchange of resources. It can be material and non-material, and the exchange can change the relationship between people.

Question 2

What are the types of resource people exchange?

Question 3

Can we capture them from language?

Question 4

Which types of resources foster agreement and cooperation?

Question 5

What is the 10 dimensions of social relationships?

Answer 5

Knowledge
Power
Status
Trust
Support

Romance
Similarity
Identity
Fun
Conflict

Question 6

Dyad-level, public debate on “Change my view” reddit. What dimensions associated with opinion change?

Answer 6

They found knowledge, similarity, trust, power and support where the dimensions that changed the opinion the most.

Very interestingly None will not change their respective.

WHat we found in computer science, is that is aligned with social sciences theories.