Paths to Polarization: How Extreme Views, Miscommunication, and Random Chance Drive Opinion Dynamics
Understanding the social conditions that tend to increase or decrease polarization is important for many reasons. We study a network-structured agent-based model of opinion dynamics, extending a model previously introduced by Flache and Macy (2011), who found that polarization appeared to increase w...
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Main Authors: | Matthew A. Turner, Paul E. Smaldino |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2018-01-01
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Series: | Complexity |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2740959 |
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