Face-to-Face Discussions: Networking or Opinions Exchange?

Simone Righi; Timoteo Carletti

Face-to-Face Discussions: Networking or Opinions Exchange?

Simone Righi, Timoteo Carletti

Namur Institute for Complex Systems

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We use recent results of [4] on face-to-face contact durations to try to answer the question: why do people engage in face-to-face discussions? In particular we focus on behavior of scientists in academic conferences. We show evidence that macroscopic measured data are compatible with two dierent micro-founded models of social interaction. We find that the first model, in which discussions are performed with the aim of introducing oneself (networking), explains the data when the group exhibits few well reputed scientists. On the contrary, when the reputation hierarchy is not strong, a model where agents' encounters are aimed at exchanging opinions explains the data better.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the European Conference on Complex Systems 2012
Editors	Thomas Gilbert, Markus Kirkilionis, Gregoire Nicolis
Publisher	Springer
Pages	819-826
Number of pages	7
Volume	XVII
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-00395-5
Publication status	Published - Jan 2014
Event	European Conference on Complex Systems - Univeristé Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium Duration: 3 Sept 2012 → …

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Name	Springer Proceedings in Complexity
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Scientific committee	European Conference on Complex Systems
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Univeristé Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles
Period	3/09/12 → …

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face-to-face discussion
opinion dynamics
social interactions

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Righi, S & Carletti, T 2014, Face-to-Face Discussions: Networking or Opinions Exchange? in T Gilbert, M Kirkilionis & G Nicolis (eds), Proceedings of the European Conference on Complex Systems 2012. vol. XVII, Springer Proceedings in Complexity, Springer, pp. 819-826, European Conference on Complex Systems, Univeristé Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium, 3/09/12. <http://www.springer.com/physics/complexity/book/978-3-319-00394-8>

Face-to-Face Discussions: Networking or Opinions Exchange? / Righi, Simone; Carletti, Timoteo.
Proceedings of the European Conference on Complex Systems 2012. ed. / Thomas Gilbert; Markus Kirkilionis; Gregoire Nicolis. Vol. XVII Springer, 2014. p. 819-826 (Springer Proceedings in Complexity).

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