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In social networks, the interplay of confirmation bias and peer pressure creates a non-monotonous relationship between identity scope and opinion clustering, where even a small fraction of highly susceptible individuals can eliminate public polarization and emerge as influential moderates. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to understand how confirmation bias and peer pressure interplay affects opinion dynamics in social networks.

March 22, 2021Frontiers in PhysicsOpen Access

Modeling Confirmation Bias and Peer Pressure in Opinion Dynamics

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LLLongzhao LiuBeijing Institute of Technology XWXin WangBeijing Information Science & Technology University XCXuyang ChenPeng Cheng Laboratory

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Agent-based model shows how confirmation bias and peer pressure influence public opinion evolution.

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The aim is to understand how confirmation bias and peer pressure interplay affects opinion dynamics in social networks.
Developed an agent-based model integrating confirmation bias and peer pressure.
Analysed homogeneous and heterogeneous populations with varying susceptibility to peer pressure.
Explored the emergence of 'impressionable moderates' in opinion dynamics.
In homogeneous populations, opinion clusters initially rise then decline to one as population identity scope increases.
In heterogeneous populations, a small fraction of impressionable individuals can reduce public polarization.
Impressionable individuals tend to evolve towards moderate opinions, especially if they are network hubs.

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Liu et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a08723cafa0a1b8dbddf807 https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2021.649852

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