Fast Consensus and Metastability in a Highly Polarized Social Network

arXiv2202.12871MaRDI QIDQ6392178FDOQ6392178

Authors: A. Galves, Kádmo de S. Laxa 

Publication date: 25 February 2022

Abstract: A polarized social network is modeled as a system of interacting marked point processes with memory of variable length. Each point process indicates the successive times in which a social actor express a "favorable" or "contrary" opinion. After expressing an opinion, the social pressure on the actor is reset to 0, waiting for the group's reaction. The orientation and the rate at which an actor express an opinion is influenced by the social pressure exerted on them, modulated by a polarization coefficient. We prove that the network reaches an instantaneous but metastable consensus, when the polarization coefficient diverges.

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