Social Networks

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In the thick of it -- When you smile, the world smiles with you -- Love the one you're with -- This hurts me as much as it hurts you -- The buck starts here -- Politically connected -- It's in our nature -- Hyperconnected -- The whole is great.

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Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives

Opening Days lecture by Prof. Nicholas Christakis highlights power of social networks and argues that human social networks have the power to spread obesity — or happiness — like contagion.

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Source: YouTube Vido: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dO6Wwh_tiU

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Christakis N, Fowler J. Connected : the surprising power of our social networks and how they shape our lives / Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler [e-book]. New York : Little, Brown and Co./Hachette Book Group, 2009.; 2009. Available from: NTU Library Catalogue, Ipswich, MA. Accessed September 15, 2011.