An Agent-Based Model of Opinion Polarization Driven by Emotions
We provide an agent-based model to explain the emergence of collective opinions not based on feedback between different opinions, but based on emotional interactions between agents. The driving variable is the emotional state of agents, characterized by their valence, quantifying the emotion from un...
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| description | We provide an agent-based model to explain the emergence of collective opinions not based on feedback between different opinions, but based on emotional interactions between agents. The driving variable is the emotional state of agents, characterized by their valence, quantifying the emotion from unpleasant to pleasant, and their arousal, quantifying the degree of activity associated with the emotion. Both determine their emotional expression, from which collective emotional information is generated. This information feeds back on the dynamics of emotional states and individual opinions in a nonlinear manner. We derive the critical conditions for emotional interactions to obtain either consensus or polarization of opinions. Stochastic agent-based simulations and formal analyses of the model explain our results. Possible ways to validate the model are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4f0abefbd91845d2952641cd1cd7be802025-02-03T06:45:59ZengWileyComplexity1076-27871099-05262020-01-01202010.1155/2020/52820355282035An Agent-Based Model of Opinion Polarization Driven by EmotionsFrank Schweitzer0Tamas Krivachy1David Garcia2Chair of Systems Design, ETH Zurich, Weinbergstrasse 58, 8092 Zurich, SwitzerlandChair of Systems Design, ETH Zurich, Weinbergstrasse 58, 8092 Zurich, SwitzerlandComplexity Science Hub Vienna, Josefstädter Strasse 39, 1080 Vienna, AustriaWe provide an agent-based model to explain the emergence of collective opinions not based on feedback between different opinions, but based on emotional interactions between agents. The driving variable is the emotional state of agents, characterized by their valence, quantifying the emotion from unpleasant to pleasant, and their arousal, quantifying the degree of activity associated with the emotion. Both determine their emotional expression, from which collective emotional information is generated. This information feeds back on the dynamics of emotional states and individual opinions in a nonlinear manner. We derive the critical conditions for emotional interactions to obtain either consensus or polarization of opinions. Stochastic agent-based simulations and formal analyses of the model explain our results. Possible ways to validate the model are discussed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5282035 |
| spellingShingle | Frank Schweitzer Tamas Krivachy David Garcia An Agent-Based Model of Opinion Polarization Driven by Emotions Complexity |
| title | An Agent-Based Model of Opinion Polarization Driven by Emotions |
| title_full | An Agent-Based Model of Opinion Polarization Driven by Emotions |
| title_fullStr | An Agent-Based Model of Opinion Polarization Driven by Emotions |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Agent-Based Model of Opinion Polarization Driven by Emotions |
| title_short | An Agent-Based Model of Opinion Polarization Driven by Emotions |
| title_sort | agent based model of opinion polarization driven by emotions |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5282035 |
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