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Lee, Min-Dong. and Lifson, David. "A Structural Analysis of �Tipping Point�: The Effect of Social Structure on Cultural Dissemination" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 12, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p19918_index.html>

Lee, M. and Lifson, D. , 2005-08-12 "A Structural Analysis of �Tipping Point�: The Effect of Social Structure on Cultural Dissemination" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p19918_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Recent computational studies on cultural dissemination have shown that social differentiation can occur even when individual agents behave with homophilous tendencies. All the existing studies, however, rely on endogenous mechanisms under uniform structural conditions to explain the changes in social behavior. We want to contribute to the research by studying the effects of exogenous factors on cultural dissemination�in particular, the structure of social networks and the population distribution. Drawing upon recent developments in network studies, we test the effect of four different network structures (Von Neumann neighborhood, Moore neighborhood, Small-world network, and random network) on the pattern of cultural dissemination. We also draw upon the newly emerging field of cultural ecology, and study the effect of the distribution of cultural innovators within a population. Using an agent-based model, we show that the various patterns of cultural convergence and differentiation can be explained by social structural variation with minimal behavioral assumptions.

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