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We investigate the role of manipulation in a model of opinion formation. Agents repeatedly communicate with their …. We show that manipulation can modify the trust structure and lead to a connected society. Manipulation fosters opinion …
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Online social networks, such as Facebook, disclose an unprecedented volume of personal information amplifying the occasions for social comparisons, which can be a cause of frustration. We test the hypothesis that the use of social networking sites (SNS) increases social comparisons as proxied by...
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We study a dynamic model of opinion formation in social networks. In our model, boundedly rational agents update … opinions by averaging over their neighbors' expressed opinions, but may misrepresent their own opinion by conforming or counter …-conforming with their neighbors. We show that an agent's social influence on the long-run group opinion is increasing in network …
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Which types of networks favor the diffusion of innovations in the sense that an innovation whose intrinsic benefits are greater than those of an established choice will be able to replace the latter when it is initially used only by a small fraction of a large population? For deterministic and...
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