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SUBMITTER: Estrada E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3793217 | biostudies-other | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Estrada Ernesto E Vargas-Estrada Eusebio E
Scientific reports 20131009
What is the effect of the combined direct and indirect social influences--peer pressure (PP)--on a social group's collective decisions? We present a model that captures PP as a function of the socio-cultural distance between individuals in a social group. Using this model and empirical data from 15 real-world social networks we found that the PP level determines how fast a social group reaches consensus. More importantly, the levels of PP determine the leaders who can achieve full control of the ...[more]