Emergence of Polarized Ideological Opinions in Multidimensional Topic Spaces
Fabian Baumann, Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Igor M. Sokolov, Michele Starnini
Abstract
By embedding opinions in a nonorthogonal topic space, a new model shows that a reinforcement mechanism driven by homophilic social interactions reproduces extreme and correlated opinion states found in surveys.
Topics & Concepts
IdeologyComputer scienceEpistemologyTheoretical physicsPhysicsPolitical sciencePoliticsLawPhilosophyOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceSocial Media and PoliticsMisinformation and Its Impacts