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Question 1. What is the main premise of the study and how did Milgram test this?
[reference]
Using the above web site, try to find two Hollywood movie stars who have not acted
in the same movie, but also have more than six connections between them.
Note, you can change both actors [that is, you can replace Kevin Bacon on
the left hand side with another actor]
Two requirements
1. You are required to copy and paste a final image [see example below]
2. The longer the chain, the better – hint – try foreign actors or historical actors
Question 4. Define and explain how Dunbar uses brain [cognitive] capacity to
determine social group size in humans [reference]
Complete the following table and include the completed table in your answer
Either use your social media platform [or another person if you do
not have one] and answer the following questions Number
1. Overall, how many contacts are on your [their] social media page
2. How many are only yearly contacts
3. How many are monthly contacts
4. How many are weekly contacts
5. How many are daily contacts
Question 5. Does your data [in the table] support Dunbar’s theory?
https://www.kdnuggets.com/2016/02/how-small-is-world-really.html
Social network analysis is back in the news again, with a recent Facebook
project which determined that there are an average of 3.5 intermediaries
between any 2 Facebook users. But this is different than "6 degrees of
separation." Read on to find out why, and how.