Opinion polarization in social networks

N Loy, M Raviola, A Tosin - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… In this paper, we are interested in opinion dynamics on social networks. A powerful mathematical
paradigm that has emerged in the last 20 years to address opinion formation problems …

Measuring and moderating opinion polarization in social networks

A Matakos, E Terzi, P Tsaparas - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, 2017 - Springer
… and reducing polarization of opinions in a social network. Using a standard opinion formation
… the polarization index, which, given a network and the opinions of the individuals in the …

Consensus, polarization and clustering of opinions in social networks

L Li, A Scaglione, A Swami… - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… We first study the dynamics of opinion formation under random … the opinion dynamics and
explore the underlying characteristics that mark the phase transition from opinion polarization

Modeling echo chambers and polarization dynamics in social networks

F Baumann, P Lorenz-Spreen, IM Sokolov… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
… In this Letter, we propose a simple model of opinion … in polarized social networks: (i)
more-active users, strongly engaged in social interactions, tend to show more-extreme opinions, and …

Modelling how social network algorithms can influence opinion polarization

HF de Arruda, FM Cardoso, GF de Arruda… - Information …, 2022 - Elsevier
… also arise for particular networks with well-defined community structures. Altogether, our
results indicate that the social network algorithm is crucial to mitigate or promote polarization. …

Research on opinion polarization by big data analytics capabilities in online social networks

Y Xing, X Wang, C Qiu, Y Li, W He - Technology in Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Opinion polarization in online social networks causes a lot of concerns on its social, … ,
we choose Weibo as the data source to analyze opinion polarization in the social network. …

A model of opinion and propagation structure polarization in social media

HA Prasetya, T Murata - Computational Social Networks, 2020 - Springer
opinion, we argue that the opinion polarization—and in turn, echo chambers—observed in
online social medias happens through opinion … The idea of a news-driven opinion model has …

Opinion amplification causes extreme polarization in social networks

SL Lim, PJ Bentley - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
… Given that such polarization is also evident in real world social networks, in this section we
… reverse extreme polarization. Recent research on polarisation mitigation and opinion control …

Social media, network heterogeneity, and opinion polarization

JK Lee, J Choi, C Kim, Y Kim - Journal of communication, 2014 - academic.oup.com
social media, social network service (SNS) network heterogeneity, and opinion polarization.
The results show that the use of social media is a positive predictor of the level of network

Will the personalization of online social networks foster opinion polarization?

M Maes, L Bischofberger - Available at SSRN 2553436, 2015 - papers.ssrn.com
… theories of opinion polarization, demonstrating … social networks. The first class of theories
has been used to defend the hypothesis that personalization increases opinion polarization (…