Statistical physics has proven to be a fruitful framework to describe phenomena outside the
realm of traditional physics. Recent years have witnessed an attempt by physicists to study …

Our society is increasingly relying on the digitized, aggregated opinions of others to make
decisions. We therefore designed and analyzed a large-scale randomized experiment on a …

Use of socially generated “big data” to access information about collective states of the
minds in human societies has become a new paradigm in the emerging field of …

The empirical study of network dynamics has been limited by the lack of longitudinal data.
Here we introduce a quantitative indicator of link persistence to explore the correlations …

Despite its importance for rumors or innovations propagation, peer-to-peer collaboration,
social networking, or marketing, the dynamics of information spreading is not well …

Online social networlù in general and Facehook, as the biggest network, in particular,
became a very attractive platform for many companies in the last couple of years. Mo. st …

This paper uses a mixed method approach to show how cross‐cultural differences in social
influences can explain differences in distributions of market shares in different markets. First …

Traditional measures of success for film, such as box-office revenue and critical acclaim,
lack the ability to quantify long-lasting impact and depend on factors that are largely external …

Movies are watched the world over. This multi-billion-dollar business is dominated by the
American industry based in Hollywood. Indeed, the term “Hollywood” is used by many …

The changing lifestyle and consumer preferences have made marketers to explore different
mediums to reach the targeted customers. Social networking sites are the emerging …