Homophily, Cultural Drift, and the Co-Evolution of Cultural Groups
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6283833 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Damon Centola (0000-0002-8084-2333, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, corresponding author), Juan Carlos González-Avella (Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Studies and Complex Systems, Campus Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain), Víctor M Eguíluz (Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Studies and Complex Systems, Campus Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain), Vı́ctor M Eguı́luz (0000-0003-1133-1289, Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems), M San Miguel (0000-0001-6237-425X, Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 905-929 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002707307632 |
| OpenAlex | W2006111321 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 92 |
| References cited | 39 |
Studies of cultural differentiation have shown that social mechanisms that normally lead to cultural convergence—homophily and influence—can also explain how distinct cultural groups can form. However, this emergent cultural diversity has proven to be unstable in the face of cultural drift—small errors or innovations that allow cultures to change from within. The authors develop a model of cultural differentiation that combines the traditional mechanisms of homophily and influence with a third mechanism of network homophily, in which network structure co-evolves with cultural interaction. Results show that in certain regions of the parameter space, these co-evolutionary dynamics can lead to patterns of cultural diversity that are stable in the presence of cultural drift. The authors address the implications of these findings for understanding the stability of cultural diversity in the face of increasing technological trends toward globalization
Convergence (economics · Cultural diversity · Diversity (politics · Economic geography · Economics · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Geography · Globalization · Homophily · Mechanism (biology · Political science · Social science · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · Complex Network Analysis Techniques · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 92 |
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| Citations per year | 5,41 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 91 |