Social uncertainty in the digital world
Amanda M Ferguson, Georgia Turner, Amy Orben
Abstract
The social world is inherently uncertain. We present a computational framework for thinking about how increasingly popular online environments modulate the social uncertainty we experience, depending on the type of social inferences we make. This framework draws on Bayesian inference, which involves combining multiple informational sources to update our beliefs.
Topics & Concepts
PsychologyInferenceBayesian inferenceBayesian probabilityCognitive scienceCognitive psychologyData scienceArtificial intelligenceComputer scienceOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceMisinformation and Its ImpactsEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation