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The Enormous Flock of Homophily Researchers: Assessing and Promoting a Research Agenda

from III - Later Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2021

By
Miller McPherson ,
Lynn Smith-Lovin  and
Craig Rawlings
Edited by
Mario L. Small ,
Brea L. Perry ,
Bernice Pescosolido  and
Edward B. Smith
Mario L. Small
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Brea L. Perry
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Bernice Pescosolido
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Edward B. Smith
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Illinois
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Summary

McPherson, Smith-Lovin, and Cook’s (2001) Annual Review of Sociology piece “Birds of a Feather” (“Birds”, hereafter) focused on the phenomenon of homophily – the empirical reality that connections are more likely between similar others than dissimilar others.

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Personal Networks
Classic Readings and New Directions in Egocentric Analysis
 , pp. 459 - 470
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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