Characterizing Controversiality of Topics Utilizing Eccentricity of Opinions

Access to abundant biased information in echo chambers and social bubbles often intensifies opinions to the extremes. The extremization of opinions results in several topics becoming controversial. However, it is very difficult to measure the degree of controversiality of a topic objectively since t...

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Main Authors: Sriniwas Pandey, Hiroki Sayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Binghamton University Library 2023-06-01
Series:Northeast Journal of Complex Systems
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Online Access:https://orb.binghamton.edu/nejcs/vol5/iss1/2/