Mass media and its impact on opinion dynamics of the nonlinear q-voter model

Muslim, Roni; NQZ, Rinto Anugraha; Khalif, Muhammad Ardhi

doi:10.1016/j.physa.2023.129358

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“…Researchers have addressed many important questions using these models in theoretical studies and computer simulations. Some recent developments have been made, for example, on the problem of consensus [11,12], divided communities and polarization [13][14][15][16][17], factors influencing the dynamics of opinion [18,19] (e.g., the so-called social temperature [20]), vanishing opinions [21], or the impact of mass media and advertising on the dynamics of opinion [22][23][24]. Various underlying lattices have been used [25], and behavior resembling phase transition (in a strict sense possible only in the thermodynamic limit) has received a lot of attention [26][27][28][29][30][31][32].…”

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Conformity and Mass Media Influence in the Sznajd Model on Regular Lattices

Wołoszyn

2024

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The polarization of opinions and difficulties in reaching a consensus are central problems of many modern societies. Understanding the dynamics governing those processes is, therefore, one of the main aims of sociophysics. In this work, the Sznajd model of opinion dynamics is investigated with Monte Carlo simulations performed on four different regular lattices: triangular, honeycomb, and square with von Neumann or Moore neighborhood. The main objective is to discuss the interplay of the probability of convincing (conformity) and mass media (external) influence and to provide the details of the possible phase transitions. The results indicate that, while stronger bonds and openness to discussion and argumentation may help in reaching a consensus, external influence becomes destructive at different levels depending on the lattice.

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Conformity and Mass Media Influence in the Sznajd Model on Regular Lattices

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2024

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“…Others took an opposite path and considered a variant without them [28][29][30][31][32][33], sometimes justifying it sociologically [34]. There are many papers that do not specify it at all [35][36][37][38]. To the best of our knowledge, there exists only one article that considers differences between these two variants in detail [39].…”

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Composition of the Influence Group in the q-Voter Model and Its Impact on the Dynamics of Opinions

Weron,

Nyczka,

Szwabiński

2024

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Despite ample research devoted to the non-linear q-voter model and its extensions, little or no attention has been paid to the relationship between the composition of the influence group and the resulting dynamics of opinions. In this paper, we investigate two variants of the q-voter model with independence. Following the original q-voter model, in the first one, among the q members of the influence group, each given agent can be selected more than once. In the other variant, the repetitions of agents are explicitly forbidden. The models are analyzed by means of Monte Carlo simulations and via analytical approximations. The impact of repetitions on the dynamics of the model for different parameter ranges is discussed.

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Phase transition and universality of the majority-rule model on complex networks

Mulya,

Muslim

2024

Int. J. Mod. Phys. C

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In this paper, we investigate the phenomena of order-disorder phase transition and the universality of the majority-rule model defined on three complex networks, namely the Barabási–Albert, Watts–Strogatz and Erdős–Rényi networks. Assume each agent holds two possible opinions randomly distributed across the networks’ nodes. Agents adopt anticonformity and independence behaviors, represented by the probability p, where with a probability p, agents adopt anticonformity or independence behavior. Based on our numerical simulation results and finite-size scaling analysis, it is found that the model undergoes a continuous phase transition for all networks, with critical points for the independence model greater than those for the anticonformity model in all three networks. We obtain critical exponents identical to the opinion dynamics model defined on a complete graph, indicating that the model exhibits the same universality class as the mean-field Ising model.

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Mass media and its impact on opinion dynamics of the nonlinear q-voter model

Cited by 5 publications

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Conformity and Mass Media Influence in the Sznajd Model on Regular Lattices

Conformity and Mass Media Influence in the Sznajd Model on Regular Lattices

Composition of the Influence Group in the q-Voter Model and Its Impact on the Dynamics of Opinions

Phase transition and universality of the majority-rule model on complex networks

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