3 papers
physics.soc-ph2025
How opinions get more extreme in an age of information abundance
Guillaume Deffuant, Marijn A. Keijzer, Sven Banisch
We live in an age of information abundance but know little about how this influences our opinions or attitudes. A common expectation is that people consulting numerous pieces of in…
physics.soc-ph2024
Mean-field analysis for cognitively-grounded opinion dynamics with confirmation bias
Sven Banisch, Joris Wessels
Understanding how individuals' beliefs and attitudes evolve within a population is crucial for explaining social phenomena such as polarization and consensus formation. We explore…
nlin.AO2024
A dynamical model of platform choice and online segregation
Sven Banisch, Dennis Jacob, Tom Willaert +1
In order to truly understand how social media might shape online discourses or contribute to societal polarization, we need refined models of platform choice, that is: models that…