Nonlocal modeling of opinion alignment and environmental feedback: Spatial aggregation and non-consensus patterns

DOI10.48550/arXiv.2606.10599MaRDI QIDQ7264404zbMATH OpenarXivFDO

Authors Rui Wang, Yunfeng Xiong, Zhengru Zhang, Xiaofei Zhao

Publication date 9 June 2026

Published in arXiv

Tldr Proposes a spatial opinion-dynamics model coupling nonlocal social alignment with an evolving attention field that captures selective exposure. It shows how attention-mediated feedback produces spatial aggregation and persistent non-consensus (echo-chamber) patterns rather than global agreement.

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.10599

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Pattern formations in context of PDEs (35B36) Nonlinear parabolic equations (35K55) PDEs in connection with game theory, economics, social and behavioral sciences (35Q91) Spectral, collocation and related methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M70) Population dynamics (general) (92D25)

arXiv classification

math.NA

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