Public opinion formation with the spiral of silence on complex social networks

• Takeuchi Daiki

  Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

• Tanaka Gouhei

  Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

• Fujie Ryo

  Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo FIRST, Aihara Innovative Mathematical Modelling Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency

• Suzuki Hideyuki

  Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

抄録

Public opinion is formed through social interactions of individuals. A mechanism behind the formation of a highly dominant public opinion is a sociological theory called the spiral of silence. Here we study opinion dynamics resulting from the spiral of silence, using an agent-based model with complex interaction networks. We show that an extremely dominant public opinion arises in the presence of a moderate proportion of neutrals and its dominance level is enhanced by social interactions. Furthermore, we demonstrate that a correlation between characteristics and social interactions of the individuals has a large influence on the opinion formation dynamics.

収録刊行物

• Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications, IEICE

  Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications, IEICE 6 (1), 15-25, 2015

  一般社団法人 電子情報通信学会

キーワード

• public opinion formation
• the spiral of silence
• complex networks
• social media
• agent-based models

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390001205345600896
• NII論文ID: 130004960161
• DOI: 10.1587/nolta.6.15
• ISSN: 21854106
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/nolta/6/1/6_15/_pdf
• 本文言語コード: en
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