Opinion dynamics is an opinion evolution process of a group of agents, where the final
opinion distribution tends to three stable states: consensus, polarization, and fragmentation …

While social networks have increased the diversity of ideas and information available to
users, they are also blamed for increasing the polarization of user opinions. Eli Pariser's" …

The rise of social media and online social networks has been a disruptive force in society.
Opinions are increasingly shaped by interactions on online social media, and social …

Social media and social networking sites have become a global pinboard for exposition and
discussion of news, topics, and ideas, where social media users often update their opinions …

A long line of work in social psychology has studied variations in people's susceptibility to
persuasion--the extent to which they are willing to modify their opinions on a topic. This body …

Opinion formation and propagation are crucial phenomena in social networks and have
been extensively studied across several disciplines. Traditionally, theoretical models of …

Systems of interacting particles, or agents, have wide applications in many disciplines,
including Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Economics. These systems are governed by …

This article studies how a centralized planner can modify the structure of a social or
information network to reduce polarization. First, polarization is found to be highly …

We establish PAC learnability of influence functions for three common influence models,
namely, the Linear Threshold (LT), Independent Cascade (IC) and Voter models, and …

The spread of misinformation has increased markedly in recent years, a phenomenon which
has been accelerated and amplified by social media such as Facebook and Twitter. While …