Associative Diffusion and the Pitfalls of Structural Reductionism

IF 7.1 1区社会学 Q1 SOCIOLOGY

American Sociological Review Pub Date : 2021-11-19 DOI:10.1177/00031224211057150

Amir Goldberg

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Abstract

In their insightful comment, DellaPosta and Davoodi argue that our finding (Goldberg and Stein 2018) that segmented networks inhibit cultural differentiation does not generalize to large networks. However, their demonstration rests on an incorrect implementation of the preference updating process in the associative diffusion model. We show that once this discrepancy is corrected, cultural differentiation is more pronounced in fully connected networks, irrespective of network size and even under extreme assumptions about cognitive decay. We use this as an opportunity to discuss the associative diffusion model’s assumptions and scope conditions, as well as to critically reassess prevailing contagion-based diffusion models.

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联想扩散和结构还原论的陷阱

在他们富有洞察力的评论中，DellaPosta和Davoodi认为，我们的发现(Goldberg and Stein 2018)，即分段网络抑制文化差异，并不能推广到大型网络。然而，他们的论证依赖于联想扩散模型中偏好更新过程的错误实现。我们表明，一旦这种差异得到纠正，文化差异在完全连接的网络中更加明显，无论网络大小如何，甚至在认知衰退的极端假设下也是如此。我们借此机会讨论关联扩散模型的假设和范围条件，以及批判性地重新评估流行的基于传染的扩散模型。

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American Sociological Review SOCIOLOGY-

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13.30

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3.30%

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