Success-driven opinion formation determines social tensions.
| Autor: | Chica M; Andalusian Research Institute DaSCI 'Data Science and Computational Intelligence', University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.; School of Electrical Engineering and Computing, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia., Perc M; Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška cesta 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.; Community Healthcare Center Dr. Adolf Drolc Maribor, Vošnjakova ulica 2, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.; Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Josefstädterstraße 39, Vienna 1080, Austria.; Department of Physics, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Santos FC; INESC-ID & Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2744-016 Porto Salvo, Portugal. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | IScience [iScience] 2024 Feb 16; Vol. 27 (3), pp. 109254. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 16 (Print Publication: 2024). |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109254 |
| Abstrakt: | Polarization is common in politics and public opinion. It is believed to be shaped by media as well as ideologies, and often incited by misinformation. However, little is known about the microscopic dynamics behind polarization and the resulting social tensions. By coupling opinion formation with the strategy selection in different social dilemmas, we reveal how success at an individual level transforms to global consensus or lack thereof. When defection carries with it the fear of punishment in the absence of greed, as in the stag-hunt game, opinion fragmentation is the smallest. Conversely, if defection promises a higher payoff and also evokes greed, like in the prisoner's dilemma and snowdrift game, consensus is more difficult to attain. Our research thus challenges the top-down narrative of social tensions, showing they might originate from fundamental principles at individual level, like the desire to prevail in pairwise evolutionary comparisons. Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests. (© 2024 The Authors.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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