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Is social capital associated with synchronization in human communication? An analysis of Italian call records and measures of civic engagement

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Mamei, Marco; Pancotto, Francesca; De Nadai, Marco; Lepri, Bruno; Vescovi, Michele; Zambonelli, Franco; Pentland, Alex Paul; ... Show more Show less
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Abstract
Social capital has been studied in economics, sociology and political science as one of the key elements that promote the development of modern societies. It can be defined as the source of capital that facilitates cooperation through shared social norms. In this work, we investigate whether and to what extent synchronization aspects of mobile communication patterns are associated with social capital metrics. Interestingly, our results show that our synchronization-based approach well correlates with existing social capital metrics (i.e., Referendum turnout, Blood donations, and Association density), being also able to characterize the different role played by high synchronization within a close proximity-based community and high synchronization among different communities. Hence, the proposed approach can provide timely, effective analysis at a limited cost over a large territory.
Date issued
2018-07
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117167
Department
Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Journal
EPJ Data Science
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Citation
Mamei, Marco et al. "Is social capital associated with synchronization in human communication? An analysis of Italian call records and measures of civic engagement." EPJ Data Science 2018, 7 (July 2018): 25 © 2018 The Author(s)
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2193-1127

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