Avoidance in negative ties: Inhibiting closure,reciprocity, and homophily |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Transcrime, Milan, Italy;2. MOX, Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy;3. DEIB, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy;1. Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling (ICM), University of Warsaw, Prosta 69, 00-838 Warsaw, Poland;2. Department of Sociology/ICS, Utrecht Unviersity, Padualaan 14, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;1. Nanjing University, People''s Republic of China;2. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands;1. Harvard University, United States;2. University of Chicago, United States |
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| Abstract: | Theorising of negative ties has focused on simplex negative tie networks or multiplex signed tie networks. We examine the fundamental differences between positive and negative tie networks measured on the same set of actors. We test six mechanisms of tie formation on face-to-face positive (affect/esteem) and negative (dislike/disesteem) networks of 282 university students. While popularity, activity, and entrainment are present in both networks, closure, reciprocity, and homophily are largely absent from negative tie networks. We argue this arises because avoidance is inherent to negative sentiments. Avoidance reduces information transfer through negative ties and short-circuits cumulative causation. |
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| Keywords: | Negative ties Signed ties Social networks Closure Reciprocity Homophily |
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