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Your colleague's husband's sister can make you fat, even if you
don't know her. A happy neighbor has more impact on your happiness
than a happy spouse. These startling revelations of how much we
truly influence one another are revealed in the studies of Drs.
Christakis and Fowler, which have repeatedly made front-page news
nationwide.
In CONNECTED, the authors explain why emotions are contagious, how
health behaviors spread, why the rich get richer, even how we find
and choose our partners. Intriguing and entertaining, CONNECTED
overturns the notion of the individual and provides a revolutionary
paradigm-that social networks influence our ideas, emotions,
health, relationships, behavior, politics, and much more. It will
change the way we think about every aspect of our lives.
'Connected' connected for meReviewed by John Littlefield, 2010-03-10
I am thoroughly enjoying the book. It is easy to read, but has numerous back-up citations for further study, as a scholarly book should have.
Connected Connects to ReadersReviewed by Margaret Pretkelis, 2010-03-03
Your friend's friend's friends can cause you to gain weight, become
happy or stop smoking. They can also get you to vote or spend money
- even if you don't know them. As Nicholas A. Christakis, M.D.,
Ph.D. and James H. Fowler Ph.D. reveal in their insightful and
thorough book, Connected, there is much to be gained in examining
the construction, development and influence of our social
networks.
Delving into physical and virtual social networks, the authors
explore the purpose and power behind networks and how they are
vital in understanding and addressing such global concerns as
inequality, health epidemics and the economy. The book also brings
the focus to a more personal level - examining just how people
three degrees from someone else are used to find jobs, spouses and
connect to others. While the book is informative and
well-researched, it is sporadically dense and repetitive but
remains overall, worth the reader's time and energy.
A Brand New Way of Thinking!Reviewed by Rennta Chrisdiana, 2010-02-16
I never thought network can be so powerful, until I read this book
and adore it!
How I feel, what I wear, food I ate etc get influenced by my
neighbor, my sister, my sister friend etc. The most interesting
part, is the possibility of shaping our own network. We are the
center of our universe....we can choose who will be in our personal
network. Be wise who we befriended with..otherwise one bad apples
in our network will spread the worm to the whole networks member.
Facebook for example one bad comment or picture will spread to the
whole people in the planet to see...how?...the network!
So who's in your network?
Makes good connections between demographics, sociology and behavior
scienceReviewed by M. McDonald, 2010-02-11
Christakis and Flower have created a unique book that straddles a
number of different subjects and genres. They have created a book
that applies research about social networks to explain a range of
issues and phenomenon. The book is well structured and while a
little verbose and repetitive it was an informative and
comprehensive book.
The first part of the book concentrates on describing the structure
and mechanics of social networks. The first 60 pages or so
establish the framework for the rest of the book. This part of the
book is applicable to a wide range of readers, from business people
looking to understand social networks, to social scientist and
others.
The rest of the book discusses the application of social networks
on topics as wide ranging as how you met your spouse, the
transmission of sexual disease, teen suicide and others. These
sections are well written, researched and balanced. In this regard
the authors are to be commended, as the topics other authors would
exploit these sensitive subject in gladwellian fashion.
The book gets four stars in my opinion in part because the book is
a little long and repetitive and could have focused more on how
social networks can be solutions than describing social networks in
these situations.
This book is not a business book, its not entirely a sociology
book. It is a good discussion of how social systems change society.
A recommended read.
ConnectedReviewed by F. Furman, 2010-02-10
The book takes everyday concepts and makes you think of them in new ways, and opens your eyes to issues that you never thought of before. It reminds me of Freakonomics in that it draws parallels between occurrences that seem unrelated.
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