In this paper, we formalize the notion of distributed sensitive social networks (DSSNs), which encompasses networks like enmity networks, financial transaction networks, supply chain networks and sexual relationship networks. Compared to the well studied traditional social networks, DSSNs are often more challenging to study, given the privacy concerns of the individuals on whom the network is k...

Interpersonal relations are in constant flux; close friendships often dissolve into enmity. We examine linguistic cues augur transitions from friendly bonds into hostile relations through conversations from online strategy games. We look at betrayal from two perspectives in a classification framework: we characterize the difference between friendships that break and friendships that last, and w...

The society today is better connected as a result of advancement in technology. The study of these social interactions and its resulting structure, is an integral component in the field of network science. However, the study of these social networks is limited to the availability of data. Privacy concerns restrict the access to network data with sensitive information. Networks that capture the ...

The article establishes heretofore neglected links between the German anti-English pamphlets during World War I, on one hand, and right-wing antidemocratic theory after war, other, by engaging with their central argumentative forms. Particularly metaphors of English as "merchants" or "peddlers" England a mechanical civilization in contradistinction to organic culture facilitated transfer argume...

Abstract This article examines the gap between legal theory and practice regarding bestiality in late medieval England. It focuses on a microhistorical analysis of 1520 trial heard Chichester consistory court, integrating other archival documents, legislation commentaries to illustrate local national contexts. I argue first that personal enmity rather than moralizing agenda was primary motivati...

Two essential movements can be observed in the innovation of scholarly communication i.e. Open Access on one side and the Open Archives Initiative on the other. The first being a more individual choice of the researcher, the latter being either a more institutional or subject-oriented way of providing access to scientific information. Although these proposals to replace the old publication mode...

This paper explores the role of local structural conditions that facilitate or hinder violence when enmity is present between parties. This is illustrated by examining violence among street gangs. Using structural balance theory, the current research investigates whether certain triadic structures in which two rival gangs i and j are related to a third gang with either an ally or rival relation...

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