Opinion polarization in the Receipt-Accept-Sample model
Physics and Society
2009-11-13 v2
Abstract
The Zaller theory of opinion formation is reformulated with one free parameter , which measures the largest possible ideological distance which can be made by a citizen in one mental step. Our numerical results show the transient effects: {\it i)} the political awareness, measured by the number of received messages, increases with time first exponentially, later linearly; {\it ii)} for small correlations are present between previously and newly received messages; {\it iii)} these correlation lead to a hyperdiffusion effect in the space of attitudes of messages. Citizens with small are more prone to extremal opinions.
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@article{arxiv.0806.1204,
title = {Opinion polarization in the Receipt-Accept-Sample model},
author = {Krzysztof Kulakowski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.1204},
year = {2009}
}
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13 pages, 6 figures; text improved, thanks to Referees