English

Shaping opinions in a social network

Physics and Society 2008-08-04 v1

Abstract

We hereby propose a model of opinion dynamics where individuals update their beliefs because of interactions in acquaintances' group. The model exhibit a non trivial behavior that we discuss as a function of the main involved parameters. Results are reported on the average number of opinion clusters and the time needed to form such clusters.

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@article{arxiv.0808.0134,
  title  = {Shaping opinions in a social network},
  author = {Timoteo Carletti and Simone Righi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.0134},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

10 pages, 6 Figures

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