https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/19/upshot/facebook-county-friendships.html
Questions:
1. How does physical distance impact Facebook connections in the digital age? What
examples does Prof. Johannes Stroebel provide?
2. How do Facebook connections illustrate historical migration and employment patterns in
the United States?
3. What impacts do physical borders/barriers have on Facebook examples? Provide
examples.
4. What county is Storrs, CT located in? Use the interactive map to investigate the five counties
that Storrs is most connected to. What are the names of these five counties and how many
connections to Storrs’ county are present? (You will see this information in the table below the
interactive map.
5. What did you find interesting about this article? Are there any limitations/issues in this article?
