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Paul J. DiMaggio

Princeton University

DiMaggio will analyze how the choices of individual members within social networks may influence those of other members and whether these "network effects" impact inequality by reinforcing advantages or disadvantages. DiMaggio’s work focuses on whether the adoption of a given practice—migrating to a new city, using a new communication technology—by one’s friends, kin, or associates increases the likelihood that one will adopt the same practice.

External Links: 
Information Inequality and Network Externalities: A Comparative Study of the Diffusion of Television and the Internet
From Unequal Access to Differentiated Use: A Literature Review and Agenda for Research on Digital Inequality
Publications: 
Capital of the American Century : The National and International Influence of New York City