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arxiv: 1106.0934 · v1 · pith:4YBOW37Dnew · submitted 2011-06-05 · ⚛️ physics.soc-ph · cs.SI

Phase transition in the Sznajd model with independence

classification ⚛️ physics.soc-ph cs.SI
keywords modelconformityindependencesocialdynamicsinfluenceintroduceknown
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We propose a model of opinion dynamics which describes two major types of social influence -- conformity and independence. Conformity in our model is described by the so called outflow dynamics (known as Sznajd model). According to sociologists' suggestions, we introduce also a second type of social influence, known in social psychology as independence. Various social experiments have shown that the level of conformity depends on the society. We introduce this level as a parameter of the model and show that there is a continuous phase transition between conformity and independence.

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