Hidden Brain

The Snowball Effect

Mar 1, 2021

54:35

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The Evidence Worked in Favor of Strong Ties in Social Networks

01:45

Why Are Celebrities Not Effective at Creating Complex Contagions?

01:40

The Power of Social Networks

02:43

Introduction

3min

How a Virus Can Go From a Small Number of People to a Global Pandemic

2min

How Does Social Networking Influence the Spread of Diseases?

2min

What Are Weak Ties?

2min

The Strength of Weak Tie in Everyday Life

2min

The Influence of Periferal Movements on the Mainstream

2min

The Story That's Told

2min

Support for Hidden Brain Comes From Bell Campo

4min

The Difference Between Simple Contagions and Complex Contagions

2min

10.

The Complexity of Complex Contagions

3min

11.

How Do I Make This Person Change?

2min

12.

The Relationship Between Redundancy and Driving Behavior

2min

13.

The Evidence Worked in Favor of Strong Ties in Social Networks

2min

14.

Why Are Celebrities Not Effective at Creating Complex Contagions?

2min

15.

The Origin Story of Twitter

3min

16.

Twitter's No Major Explosion

1min

17.

Social Change Starts at the Periphery of the Network

2min

18.

What Happened to Black Lives Matter?

2min

19.

What Happened in Ferguson?

3min

20.

How Many Do You Need to Get That Snowball Rolling?

3min

21.

The Road Map to Social Networks to Change Behavior

3min

22.

The Power of Social Networks

4min

23.

China's Fifty Cent Party

2min

24.

The Power of Social Networks

3min

25.

Hidden Brain Podcast - Damon Centola

2min

Why do some companies become household names, while others flame out? How do certain memes go viral? And why do some social movements take off and spread, while others fizzle? Today on the show, we talk with sociologist Damon Centola about social contagion, and how it can be harnessed to build a better world.