A Weighted Balance Model of Opinion Hyperpolarization
Simon Schweighofer, Frank Schweitzer, David Garcia Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 23 (3) 5 (2020) Polarization is threatening the stability of democratic societies. Until now, polarization research has focused on opinion extremeness, overlooking the correlation between different policy issues. In this paper, we explain the emergence of hyperpolarization, i.e., the combination of extremeness and …