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To develop and evaluate a socio-cognitive computational model assessing how diverse information channels, expert authority, and peer interactions influence societal consensus and opinion dynamics.

August 1, 2011Advances in Complex Systems

Opinions Manipulation: Media, Power and Gossip

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WQWalter QuattrociocchiSapienza University of Rome RCRosaria ConteIstituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "Alessandro Faedo"ELElena LodiUniversity of Siena

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Computational modeling demonstrates how information sources and interpersonal gossip drive opinion dynamics in simulated societies, highlighting risks of centralized media control.

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To develop and evaluate a socio-cognitive computational model assessing how diverse information channels, expert authority, and peer interactions influence societal consensus and opinion dynamics.
Derived a socio-cognitive computational model of opinion formation grounded in data from the 2008 Italian political campaign.
Simulated agent interactions across three distinct information acquisition streams: mass media broadcasts, expert commentary, and peer-to-peer communication.
Incorporated cognitive updating mechanisms allowing agents to accept, reject, or partially assimilate acquired information based on perceived message reliability.
Parameter space simulations demonstrated that reliance on centralized, single-source media streams generates systemic distortions in collective societal opinion.
Identified that the interplay between cognitive filtering rules and multi-channel peer interactions significantly alters the resilience of populations against media-driven consensus manipulation.

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Quattrociocchi et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10c1ca497e609eda644dd4 https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219525911003165

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Computational modeling demonstrates how information sources and interpersonal gossip drive opinion dynamics in simulated societies, highlighting risks of centralized media control.

Opinions Manipulation: Media, Power and Gossip

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