Tag: Dunbar’s number

The Era of the Nanocelebrity

The Era of the Nanocelebrity

Theresa Senft and Clive Thompson first put out the idea of the microcelebrity a few years ago, an individual who is promote him or herself on the media and channels that are available to her or him and broadcasts that presentation to the general public and generally has an audience in the thousands. A microcelebrity …

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Dunbar’s Source

Dunbar’s Source

The theory was enhanced through the work of Robin Dunbar with the Dunbar number, which defines the “cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable relationships.” The number in humans is estimated to be around 150 (Dunbar, 1993). Dunbar’s research also deals with the significance of the size …

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