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arxiv: 0806.1204 · v2 · submitted 2008-06-06 · ⚛️ physics.soc-ph

Opinion polarization in the Receipt-Accept-Sample model

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keywords messagesopinionreceivedsmallattitudesawarenesscitizencitizens
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The Zaller theory of opinion formation is reformulated with one free parameter $\mu$, which measures the largest possible ideological distance which can be made by a citizen in one mental step. Our numerical results show the transient effects: {\it i)} the political awareness, measured by the number of received messages, increases with time first exponentially, later linearly; {\it ii)} for small $\mu$ correlations are present between previously and newly received messages; {\it iii)} these correlation lead to a hyperdiffusion effect in the space of attitudes of messages. Citizens with small $\mu$ are more prone to extremal opinions.

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