Large networks of rational agents form persistent echo chambers

Abstract Echo chambers (ECs) are enclosed epistemic circles where like-minded people communicate and reinforce pre-existing beliefs. It remains unclear if cognitive errors are necessarily required for ECs to emerge, and then how ECs are able to persist in networks with available contrary information...

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Main Authors: Jens Koed Madsen, Richard M Bailey, Toby D. Pilditch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25558-7