3 papers
cs.SI2026
Dynamics of collective minds in online communities
Seungwoong Ha, Henrik Olsson, Kresimir Jaksic +2
Collective discourse and action are driven by collective minds. These shared semantic representations and related processes shape societal responses to critical societal challenges…
physics.soc-ph2025
One pathogen does not an epidemic make: A review of interacting contagions, diseases, beliefs, and stories
Laurent Hébert-Dufresne, Yong-Yeol Ahn, Antoine Allard +15
From pathogens and computer viruses to genes and memes, contagion models have found widespread utility across the natural and social sciences. Despite their success and breadth of…
physics.soc-ph2025
Cultural tightness and social cohesion under evolving norms
Filippo Zimmaro, Jacopo Grilli, Mirta Galesic +1
Successful collective action on issues from climate change to the maintenance of democracy depends on societal properties such as cultural tightness and social cohesion. How these…