Abstract In 1997, Robert Axelrod wondered in a highly influential paper" If people tend to
become more alike in their beliefs, attitudes, and behavior when they interact, why do not all …

Online social networks play an increasingly important role in communication between
friends, colleagues, business partners, and family members. This development sparked …

Some fear that social bots, automated accounts on online social networks, propagate
falsehoods that can harm public opinion formation and democratic decision-making …

Social influence is one of the most important processes in human social interaction. Very
often in human social interaction, influence is assimilative in that individuals become more …

Group dynamics and inter-group relations influence the self-perception. The Social Identity
Approach explains the role of multiple identities, derived from categories or group …

Agent-based computational modeling (ABM, for short) is a formal and supplementary
methodological approach used in international relations (IR) theory and research, based on …

社交媒體中謠言經常來自追隨者數量不高的帳號, 但傳播效果卻能比由意見領袖散播的真實訊息
更為優秀. 此一違反直覺的現象反映出謠言傳播的複雜性, 我們將其稱為邊緣人的力量 …

Social media have become an important source of information for many of the billions of
people who use internet on a regular basis. Pundits and scholars have warned for various …

Axelrod's model of cultural dissemination, despite its apparent simplicity, demonstrates
complex behavior that has been of much interest in statistical physics. Despite the many …

The «information age» has changed profoundly the way we generate, store and exchange
information, the way of interaction within and between individuals, institutions, societies and …