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The explosive user dynamics represented by flaming phenomena in online social networks can sometimes negatively influence lives in the real world. To take measures against online flaming phenomena promptly, it is necessary to model its…
User dynamics in online social networks have a significant impact on not only the online community but also real-world activities. As examples, we can mention explosive user dynamics triggered by social polarization, echo chamber phenomena,…
Online social networks suffer from explosive user dynamics such as flaming that can seriously affect social activities in the real world because the dynamics have growth rates that can overwhelm our rational decision making faculties.…
Online social networks, which are remarkably active, often experience explosive user dynamics such as online flaming, which can significantly impact the real world. However, countermeasures based on social analyses of the individuals…
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The oscillation model, based on the wave equation on networks, can describe user dynamics in online social networks. The fundamental equation of user dynamics can be introduced into the oscillation model to explicitly describe the causal…
In this paper, we present an empirical study of the opinion dynamics of a large-scale sample of online social network users. We estimate opinions of users as continuous scalars based on their subscriptions to information sources and analyze…
Online Social Networking is a fascinating phenomena, attracting more than one billion people. It supports basic human needs such as communication, socializing with others and reputation building. Thus, an in-depth understanding of user…
We study how the stubbornness of social network users influences opinion polarization and disagreement. Our work is in the context of the popular Friedkin-Johnson opinion formation model, where users update their opinion as a function of…
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Online forums are rich sources of information about user communication activity over time. Finding temporal patterns in online forum communication threads can advance our understanding of the dynamics of conversations. The main challenge of…
The oscillation model, based on the wave equation on networks, can describe user dynamics in online social networks. The fundamental equation of user dynamics can be introduced into the oscillation model to explicitly describe the causal…
Polarization of opinions has been empirically noted in many online social network platforms. Traditional models of opinion dynamics, based on statistical physics principles, do not account for the emergence of polarization and echo chambers…
The oscillation model has been proposed as a theoretical framework for describing user dynamics in online social networks. This model can model the user dynamics generated by a particular network structure and allow its causal relationships…
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Users online tend to join polarized groups of like-minded peers around shared narratives, forming echo chambers. The echo chamber effect and opinion polarization may be driven by several factors including human biases in information…