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Phil, it sounds from the follow-on conversation so far like you're mainly
interested in *quantifying* the relationships between "hives" and "hubs",
which is well outside my purview, but if you're interested in a
discussion of *why* different people fail to effectively communicate, and
how that relates to the circle of people with which they regularly
interact, then I'd strongly recommend Walter Lippman's "Public Opinion",
and in particular the first three sections of the book. Despite being
written when Harding was president, Lippman's observations about how the
limited ability of an individual to directly interface/interact with all
the world's information creates a need for stereotypes through which that
information is filtered, and that once that information is filtered you
effectively have different preceptions of reality which impact the
ability to communicate, still make sense in the internet age. He also
has a good discussion of why individuals largely reject information which
doesn't fit into their existing stereotypes.
Bill
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