we livein the era that  are seeing the growing use of social networks among family members especially youth. this study was conducted to investigate relationship between family function and use of social networks among high school students.the type of this study was correlational and conducted in 2015-16. the study population included all high school students in the second period of qazvin. 175...

BACKGROUND Social networks and social support are supposed to contribute to the development of unequal health within populations. However, little is known about their socio-economic distribution. In this study, we explore this distribution. METHODS This study analyses the association of two indicators of socio-economic position, education and income, with different measures of social networks...

As Joel Podolny and James Rauch point out in their introductory chapter, social networks are endemic to economic interactions. The rise of what one might refer to as “social economics” comes very much from the realization by economists that there are many economic interactions where the social context is not a second-order consideration, but is actually a primary driver of behaviors and outcome...

S ocial structure, especially in the form of social networks, affects economic outcomes for three main reasons. First, social networks affect the flow and the quality of information. Much information is subtle, nuanced and difficult to verify, so actors do not believe impersonal sources and instead rely on people they know. Second, social networks are an important source of reward and punishmen...

according to the logic of 'weak ties' partnership organized through links with a wider range of people causes of social capital among a group of citizens will increase. so it seems, increasing participation among people, ultimately leading to increased cooperative activities among them. while the impact of social networks on political relations, much attention has been. there is very ...