homofiliaanisia
Homofiliaanisia is a concept used in social network theory to describe the extent to which relationships form between similar or like-minded actors within a network. It characterizes patterns where ties are more likely to connect nodes that share attributes such as age, gender, ethnicity, education, occupation, beliefs, or interests, compared with what would be expected under random mixing. The term is applicable to both online and offline networks, including friendships, collaboration, kinship, and information exchange.
In practice, homofiliaanisia is assessed through measures that compare observed connections to those expected under a
The concept has wide-ranging implications. In epidemiology, higher homophiliaanisia can affect disease transmission pathways by concentrating
Critiques note that measuring homophiliaanisia depends on which attributes are chosen, can be confounded by structural