About the Authors
- Lorenzo Coviello
-
Affiliation Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Yunkyu Sohn
-
Affiliation Political Science Department, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Adam D. I. Kramer
-
Affiliation Facebook Inc., Menlo Park, California, United States of America
- Cameron Marlow
-
Affiliation Facebook Inc., Menlo Park, California, United States of America
- Massimo Franceschetti
-
Affiliation Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Nicholas A. Christakis
-
Affiliations Department of Sociology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- James H. Fowler
-
* E-mail: fowler@ucsd.edu
Affiliations Political Science Department, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Medical Genetics Division, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
Two of the authors, Adam D. I. Kramer and Cameron Marlow, were employees of Facebook Inc. at the time this research was conducted. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The official data sharing policy at Facebook is that they will work with researchers who want to replicate published findings.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LC YS ADIK CM MF NAC JHF. Performed the experiments: LC YS ADIK CM MF NAC JHF. Analyzed the data: LC YS ADIK CM MF NAC JHF. Wrote the paper: LC YS ADIK CM MF NAC JHF.