Six Degrees of Separation is an old theory, studied and developed by Stanley Milgram. It basically anchors on the idea that an individual is just 5-6 persons (at an average) or inermediaries away from another individual who is connected or has connections to her or him.
The study groups will have to mimic this experiment. Given the lessons on social network theory by Charles Kadusin, the study groups will have to implement the experiment using the egocentric or socio-centric network system. The assumption is that the chances of achieving six degrees of separation may be convenient. But it does not conclude that there is an automatic connection. The intention of the experiment is to determine the types of connections and the number of ways the connections are established.
The experiment will require an approach proposal from the SGs. The approach may be picking random names in the university; centralizing the link to a popular personality like Mr. Rene Molano; tracing a family relative; finding a missing student, etc. The proposal is due on Jun. 18. Once approved, the SGs have one week to do the experiment. A video recording of the experiment is the next major requirement.
The experiment activities will have to be presented in video form on Jun. 30 & Jul. 2, class time. Video output should not exceed 7minutes. Upload the results in Youtube.
Web References:
Small World Experiment - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_world_phenomenon
Six degrees of Kevin Bacon - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon
Six Degrees of Separation - http://www.sixdegrees.elysion.cz/english/small.php
What is six degrees of separation - http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci932596_top1,00.html
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Amorado, TJ
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The 6 Degrees of Separation of TJ Amorado
This video was made to prove Stanley Migram’s theory of 6 Degrees of Separation which denotes that each individual is more or less 5-6 persons away from another individual that is connected to him/her. The group chose TJ Amorado as the subject and conducted the experiment through research and interviews. The links are shown in the video. The best example of the connection was: TJ (106, CCS) is the special someone of Dianne (107, CCS), who’s the best friend of Bea (107, CLA), who’s the blockmate of Kevin G. (107, CLA), who’s the friend of Kent (107, CCS), who’s the former classmate of Wes (107, CCS), who’s the former classmate of Mike (108, CBE) and incidentally TJ’s present classmate in INTFILO this term.
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