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| Title |
The small world of shakespeare’s plays
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Human Nature, December 2003
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| DOI | 10.1007/s12110-003-1013-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
James Stiller, Daniel Nettle, Robin I. M. Dunbar |
| Abstract |
Drama, at least according to the Aristotelian view, is effective inasmuch as it successfully mirrors real aspects of human behavior. This leads to the hypothesis that successful dramas will portray fictional social networks that have the same properties as those typical of human beings across ages and cultures. We outline a methodology for investigating this hypothesis and use it to examine ten of Shakespeare's plays. The cliques and groups portrayed in the plays correspond closely to those which have been observed in spontaneous human interaction, including in hunter-gatherer societies, and the networks of the plays exhibit "small world" properties of the type which have been observed in many human-made and natural systems. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 66 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 3 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 5% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 54 | 82% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 27% |
| Researcher | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 13 | 20% |
| Unknown | 6 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities | 16 | 24% |
| Psychology | 15 | 23% |
| Computer Science | 8 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 9 | 14% |
| Unknown | 8 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 November 2021.
All research outputs
#2,236,810
of 25,724,500 outputs
Outputs from Human Nature
#175
of 551 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#4,707
of 143,851 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Human Nature
#1
of 3 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 551 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 33.4. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 68% of its peers.
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