Key paper 2 Granovetter 1973 The strength of weak ties

Question 1

Strength of a tie is a combination of

Answer 1

amount of time, emotional intensity, intimacy and reciprocal services

Question 2

are early innovators central of marginal?

Answer 2

when a new program is thought relatively safe and uncontroversial, central figures lead in its adoption; otherwise, marginal ones do

Question 3

‘small-world’ (Milgram)

Answer 3

an attempt to measure, for arbitrarily (willekeurig) chosen pairs of individuals in the US, how long a path of personal contacts would be needed to connect them (through sending letters)

Question 4

density

Answer 4

the number of ties observed dividing by the possible ties (strong ties form a dense network, one’s weak ties a less dense one)

Question 5

why do some communities organize for common goals easily and effectively and others seem unable to

Answer 5

• community partinioned into cliques
• trust (of the leader)

Question 6

paradox of weak and strong ties

Answer 6

zwakke banden, die vaak worden aangeklaagd als veroorzakers van vervreemding, worden hier gezien als onmisbaar voor de kansen van individuen en hun integratie in gemeenschappen;
sterke banden, die lokale cohesie bevorderen, leiden tot algemene fragmentatie (in kleine stukken uiteenvallen).