The etiology of social change

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 621-650

  Carley, Kathleen M ^a   Martin, Michael K ^a   Hirshman, Brian R ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Dynamic network analysis; Information diffusion; Mass media; Multi agent simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MASS MEDIUM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COGNITION; CULTURE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MASS MEDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77953954263     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2009.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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