3 papers
physics.soc-ph2025
Ideological polarization in static networks: A multidimensional approach for opinion alignment
Favio Di Ciocco, Hugo Pérez-Martínez, Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes +2
Polarization, defined as the emergence of sharply divided groups with opposing and often extreme views, is an increasingly prominent feature of modern societies. While many studies…
physics.soc-ph2025
Social polarization promoted by sparse higher-order interactions
Hugo Pérez-Martínez, Santiago Lamata-Otín, Federico Malizia +3
Many social interactions are group-based, yet their role in social polarization remains largely unexplored. To bridge this gap here we introduce a higher-order framework that takes…
physics.soc-ph2023
Polarized opinion states in static networks driven by limited information horizons
Hugo Pérez-Martínez, F. Bauzá Mingueza, David Soriano-Paños +2
The widespread emergence of opinion polarization is often attributed to the rise of social media and the internet, which can promote selective exposure and the formation of echo ch…