The social identity approach asserts that self‐categorization is fluid and created anew in context. Despite this, research often conceptualizes identities as being based on static …
The term polarization is used to describe both the division of a society into opposing groups (political polarization), and a social psychological phenomenon (group polarization) …
The erosion of social cohesion and polarization is one of the topmost societal risks. In this work, we investigated the evolution of polarization, influence, and domination in online …
A Lüders, D Carpentras… - British Journal of Social …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We apply a newly developed attitude network‐modelling technique (Response‐Item Network, or ResIN) to study attitude–identity relationships in the context of hot–button issues …
S Nair, A Iamnitchi - Online Social Networks and Media, 2024 - Elsevier
This article introduces a heterophily-based metric for assessing polarization in social networks when different opposing ideological communities coexist. The proposed metric …
Research has found that psychological groups based on opinion congruence are an important group type. Previous research constructed such groups around opinions …
As TikTok exploded in popularity following the initial lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, use from individual users skyrocketed. During this time, political content …
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 …
K Haglin, A Vedlitz - Science and Public Policy, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In the USA, politics often dominates the conversation surrounding science and related technologies. We also live in times of high political polarization, leading to political debate …