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Learning Social Influence with Unobserved Attention
William Thompson, Moyi Tian, Linh Huynh +4
Social influence, the tendency of our social environment to sway our beliefs and behaviors, is often cited as a driver of population-level trends in opinions or beliefs. Many quant…
An "Opinion Reproduction Number" for Infodemics in a Bounded-Confidence Content-Spreading Process on Networks
Heather Z. Brooks, Mason A. Porter
We study the spreading dynamics of content on networks. To do this, we use a model in which content spreads through a bounded-confidence mechanism. In a bounded-confidence model (B…
A tutorial on networks in social systems: A mathematical modeling perspective
Heather Z. Brooks
This article serves as an introduction to the study of networks of social systems. First, we introduce the reader to key mathematical tools to study social networks, including math…
A Model for the Influence of Media on the Ideology of Content in Online Social Networks
Heather Z. Brooks, Mason A. Porter
Many people rely on online social networks as sources of news and information, and the spread of media content with ideologies across the political spectrum influences online discu…