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Procedural Influence on Consensus Formation in Social Networks
Eismann, Kathrin (2019): Procedural Influence on Consensus Formation in Social Networks, in: Luca Maria Aiello, Chantal Cherifi, Hocine Cherifi, u. a. (Hrsg.), Complex Networks and Their Applications VII: Volume 2 Proceedings The 7th International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications COMPLEX NETWORKS 2018, 1. Auflage Cham: Springer International Publishing, S. 287ā299, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-05414-4_23.
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Title of the compilation:
Complex Networks and Their Applications VII: Volume 2 Proceedings The 7th International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications COMPLEX NETWORKS 2018
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The 7th International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications (COMPLEX NETWORKS), 2018, Cambridge, UK
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Year of publication:
2019
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1
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Studies in Computational Intelligence (SCI) ; 813
Year of first publication:
2018
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English
Abstract:
How do the rules of interaction influence consensus formation in a social network? In this paper, I analyse procedural influence ā a construct that is well-established within the group decision-making research tradition ā in the context of networked consensus formation. I argue that interaction procedures regulate the flow of social influence among actors, which, in turn, potentially affects collective outcomes. Based on this, I explain how procedural influence can be integrated into a formal model of social influence. I then utilise an agent-based simulation (ABS) to quantify the effects of three exemplary interaction rules on the formation of consensus in a social network. My findings indicate that applying these rules to regulate interactions has mixed effects on the overall consensus outcomes, but consistently negative effects on the efficiency of consensus formation.
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social network
social influence
consensus formation
belief dynamics
procedural influence
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Conferenceobject
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December 6, 2018
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