Influence on social media can be conceptualised as both extensive (relating to quantitative spread) and intensive (qualitative impact). Both of these are important considerations in understanding the dissemination of health messages. We outline several theoretical approaches that offer fruitful ideas for future studies including agenda-setting theory, social norms theory, social representations...

We aim to explore the inherent social qualities around food consumption and the potential role of social systems in the kitchen. We present a prototype called FoodApp that allows a group of friends to share each other’s dinnertime activities. This system is informed by prior work in domestic computing, social computing and technology probes design. The main features of the system are to support...

We study the social structure of Facebook “friendship” networks at one hundred American colleges and universities at a single point in time, and we examine the roles of user attributes—gender, class year, major, high school, and residence—at these institutions. We investigate the influence of common attributes at the dyad level in terms of assortativity coefficients and regression models. We th...

Research on a wide range of topics related to rising economic inequality is flourishing throughout the social sciences. One topic that is gaining fresh attention is the politics of inequality. We know very little, however, about how Americans define and perceive inequality or how they express and enact their political desires for more or less of it. In the absence of such knowledge, and under t...

Self-presentation is a fundamental aspect of social life, with myriad critical outcomes dependent on others’ impressions. We identify and offer the first empirical investigation of a prevalent, yet understudied, selfpresentation strategy: humblebragging. Across 9 studies, including a week-long diary study and a field experiment, we identify humblebragging—bragging masked by a complaint or humil...

In recent years, health inequalities have become an important public health concern and the subject of both research and policy attention in Korea. Government reports, as well as many epidemiological studies, have provided evidence that a wide range of health outcomes and health-related behaviors are socioeconomically patterned, and that the magnitude of health inequalities is even increasing. ...

China’s market potential is unparalleled, although many foreign business practitioners have commented that operating profitably in China is difficult, and more complex and time consuming than should be necessary. Given these facts, a lot of research on doing business in China gives recognition to the concept of Guanxi, a social and business relationship network, as the key to conducting success...

This paper is an investigation of the effects of social inequality in Guatemala on children's health and nutritional status as measured by attained height. Guatemala remains a highly stratified and poor society. We examine the association of land distribution, land tenure, occupation, and other aspects of family social and economic status with children's height between the ages of three months ...

Purpose – This article attempts to begin the process of removing the cloak of causal ambiguity by examining the role that knowledge management has in the creation of the wide variety of competitive advantages found in some organizations. Specifically, this article aims to extend understanding in the field of knowledge management by examining how knowledge management can affect organizational pe...

BACKGROUND An association between lower IQ of parents, measured early in life, and smoking among their offspring has been reported. The extent to which other background factors account for this association is unknown. METHODS Data on IQ, smoking, mental health, social class, parental divorce and social problems in a cohort of men born during 1949-1951 and conscripted for military service in 1...