Social balance theory
Social balance theory is a class of theories about balance or imbalance of sentiment relation in dyadic or triadic relations with social network theory.[1] Sentiments can result in the emergence of two groups. Disliking exists between the two subgroups within liking agents.
Development of the theory
This theory evolved over time to produce models more closely resembling real-world social networks. It uses a balance index to measure the effect of local balance on that of a global level and also on a more intimate level, like in interpersonal relationships. Dorwin Cartwright and Frank Harary introduced clustering to account for multiple social cliques. Davis introduced hierarchical clustering to account for asymmetric relations.
gollark: Did you know? Bees can now travel at 815kmh^-1 or more or less.
gollark: This could presumably be explained nicely in terms of something something electric fields.
gollark: Ostriches are not deities, merely very powerful.
gollark: Our defense is defended by defensive defence arrays.
gollark: Well, that would make absolutely no sense, since a "wire" isn't an atomic unit, but a bunch of copper/whatever atoms in a cylinder.
See also
References
- Hokky Situngkir and Deni Khanafiah. 2004. Social balance theory: Revisiting heider’s balance theory for many agents. Technical Report.
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