How peer pressure shapes consensus, leadership, and innovations in social groups

Estrada, E. and Vargas-Estrada, E. (2013) How peer pressure shapes consensus, leadership, and innovations in social groups. Scientific Reports, 3. 2905.

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    Abstract

    What is the effect of the combined direct and indirect social influences-peer pressure (PP)-on a social group's collective decisions? We present a model that captures PP as a function of the socio-cultural distance between individuals in a social group. Using this model and empirical data from 15 real-world social networks we found that the PP level determines how fast a social group reaches consensus. More importantly, the levels of PP determine the leaders who can achieve full control of their social groups. PP can overcome barriers imposed upon a consensus by the existence of tightly connected communities with local leaders or the existence of leaders with poor cohesiveness of opinions. A moderate level of PP is also necessary to explain the rate at which innovations diffuse through a variety of social groups.

    Author(s):Estrada, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3066-7418 and Vargas-Estrada, E.
    Item type:Article
    ID code:46046
    Keywords:applied mathematics, complex networks, applied physics, Mathematics, Modelling and Simulation
    Subjects:Science > Mathematics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Mathematics and Statistics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:21 Nov 2013 10:54
    Last modified:26 Sep 2019 01:09
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/46046
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