Polarization in Networks: Identification-alienation Framework
Theoretical Economics
2021-01-05 v5 Social and Information Networks
Abstract
We introduce a model of polarization in networks as a unifying framework for the measurement of polarization that covers a wide range of applications. We consider a sufficiently general setup for this purpose: node- and edge-weighted, undirected, and connected networks. We generalize the axiomatic characterization of Esteban and Ray (1994) and show that only a particular instance within this class can be used justifiably to measure polarization in networks.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2007.07061,
title = {Polarization in Networks: Identification-alienation Framework},
author = {Kenan Huremovic and Ali Ozkes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.07061},
year = {2021}
}