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physics.soc-ph2016
Modeling confirmation bias and polarization
Michela Del Vicario, Antonio Scala, Guido Caldarelli +2
Online users tend to select claims that adhere to their system of beliefs and to ignore dissenting information. Confirmation bias, indeed, plays a pivotal role in viral phenomena.…
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Echo Chambers: Emotional Contagion and Group Polarization on Facebook
Michela Del Vicario, Gianna Vivaldo, Alessandro Bessi +4
Recent findings showed that users on Facebook tend to select information that adhere to their system of beliefs and to form polarized groups -- i.e., echo chambers. Such a tendency…