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- who: Xi Chen et al. from the Department of Electronics and Information Systems, IDLab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece have published the research work: Opinion dynamics with backfire effect and biased assimilation, in the Journal: PLOS ONE of 17/08/2021
- what: The authors propose a novel model that incorporates two known social phenomena: (i) Biased Assimilation: the tendency of individuals to adopt other opinions if they are similar to their own; (ii) Backfire Effect: the fact that an opposite opinion may further entrench people . . .
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