I tackle an old question, which has received a revived
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I tackle an old question, which has received a revived interest with the rise of social media: what drives opinion polarisation? There is no consensus in both the empirical and the theoretical literature about how to model, measure and inve
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Stated in the discussion and abstract and inline gaps sections of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2025 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 1 times in total.
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- Echo Chambers Are Defined by Conflict, Not Isolation (2026) · Sociological Science · doi
Studies of polarization on social media have been limited by their use of unsigned networks, which requires researchers to either leave out negative interaction (by, e. These seemingly contradictory findings are resolved by using a signed network, which shows that most of the cross-ideological user interaction is negative, whereas ingroup interactions are almost exclusively positive.
generalstated in discussionevidence 5/5Keywords: negative interaction polarization social media limited unsigned networks requires researchers either leave seemingly contradictory resolved - A model of Elite interactions and hidden opinions (2025) · Journal of Mathematical Sociology · cited 1× · doi
I tackle an old question, which has received a revived interest with the rise of social media: what drives opinion polarisation? There is no consensus in both the empirical and the theoretical literature about how to model, measure and investigate Opinion heterogeneity.
generalstated in abstractevidence 4/5Keywords: opinion tackle question received revived interest rise social media drives polarisation there consensus empirical theoretical - Measuring the Structural Impact of Misinformation on Network Polarization: An E-I Index and Random Walk Controversy Analysis (2026) · Gazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Part C Tasarım ve Teknoloji · doi
The findings of this study are limited by the exclusive focus on structural network metrics, which, although effective in revealing polarization patterns, do not account for semantic content, user intent, or the temporal dynamics of information spread.
generalstated in inline gapsevidence 4/5Keywords: limited exclusive focus structural network metrics effective revealing polarization patterns account semantic content user intent
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