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Networks of reliable reputations and cooperation: a review
Reputation has been shown to provide an informal solution to the problem of cooperation in human societies. After reviewing models that connect reputations and cooperation, we address how reputation results from information exchange embedded in a social network that changes endogenously itself. Theo...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8487750/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34601917 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0297 |
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author | Takács, Károly Gross, Jörg Testori, Martina Letina, Srebrenka Kenny, Adam R. Power, Eleanor A. Wittek, Rafael P. M. |
author_facet | Takács, Károly Gross, Jörg Testori, Martina Letina, Srebrenka Kenny, Adam R. Power, Eleanor A. Wittek, Rafael P. M. |
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description | Reputation has been shown to provide an informal solution to the problem of cooperation in human societies. After reviewing models that connect reputations and cooperation, we address how reputation results from information exchange embedded in a social network that changes endogenously itself. Theoretical studies highlight that network topologies have different effects on the extent of cooperation, since they can foster or hinder the flow of reputational information. Subsequently, we review models and empirical studies that intend to grasp the coevolution of reputations, cooperation and social networks. We identify open questions in the literature concerning how networks affect the accuracy of reputations, the honesty of shared information and the spread of reputational information. Certain network topologies may facilitate biased beliefs and intergroup competition or in-group identity formation that could lead to high cooperation within but conflicts between different subgroups of a network. Our review covers theoretical, experimental and field studies across various disciplines that target these questions and could explain how the dynamics of interactions and reputations help or prevent the establishment and sustainability of cooperation in small- and large-scale societies. This article is part of the theme issue ‘The language of cooperation: reputation and honest signalling’. |
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spelling | pubmed-84877502021-10-28 Networks of reliable reputations and cooperation: a review Takács, Károly Gross, Jörg Testori, Martina Letina, Srebrenka Kenny, Adam R. Power, Eleanor A. Wittek, Rafael P. M. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci Articles Reputation has been shown to provide an informal solution to the problem of cooperation in human societies. After reviewing models that connect reputations and cooperation, we address how reputation results from information exchange embedded in a social network that changes endogenously itself. Theoretical studies highlight that network topologies have different effects on the extent of cooperation, since they can foster or hinder the flow of reputational information. Subsequently, we review models and empirical studies that intend to grasp the coevolution of reputations, cooperation and social networks. We identify open questions in the literature concerning how networks affect the accuracy of reputations, the honesty of shared information and the spread of reputational information. Certain network topologies may facilitate biased beliefs and intergroup competition or in-group identity formation that could lead to high cooperation within but conflicts between different subgroups of a network. Our review covers theoretical, experimental and field studies across various disciplines that target these questions and could explain how the dynamics of interactions and reputations help or prevent the establishment and sustainability of cooperation in small- and large-scale societies. This article is part of the theme issue ‘The language of cooperation: reputation and honest signalling’. The Royal Society 2021-11-22 2021-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8487750/ /pubmed/34601917 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0297 Text en © 2021 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Articles Takács, Károly Gross, Jörg Testori, Martina Letina, Srebrenka Kenny, Adam R. Power, Eleanor A. Wittek, Rafael P. M. Networks of reliable reputations and cooperation: a review |
title | Networks of reliable reputations and cooperation: a review |
title_full | Networks of reliable reputations and cooperation: a review |
title_fullStr | Networks of reliable reputations and cooperation: a review |
title_full_unstemmed | Networks of reliable reputations and cooperation: a review |
title_short | Networks of reliable reputations and cooperation: a review |
title_sort | networks of reliable reputations and cooperation: a review |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8487750/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34601917 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0297 |
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