Tag: Kevin Lewis

  • Nation & World

    Taste test

    Using friendship data collected from Facebook, Harvard sociologists have found that people who share similar interests in music and movies are more likely to befriend one another, but that very few interests are likely to spread among friends.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Race plays minor role in Facebook friendships

    Race may not be as important as previously thought in determining who befriends whom, suggests a study of Facebook habits by sociologists from Harvard and UCLA.

    4 minutes