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SOE: Fachverband Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme
SOE 4: Poster
SOE 4.13: Poster
Monday, March 27, 2023, 17:00–19:00, P2/OG2
A Model of Public Opinion with Heterogenous Preferences and Attention, Social Influence and Media Feedback — •Michael Schnabel1 and Daniel Diermeier1,2 — 1Vanderbilt University, Department of Political Sciences, Nashville, TN, USA — 2Vanderbilt University, Owen School of Management, Nashville, TN, USA
We consider a simple model of binary opinions. Individuals form their opinions based on individual preferences, time-dependent media influence and the overall opinions in the population. In addition, we also incorporate a mechanism that is responsive to the salience of the media influence and can be used to account for variations in public attention. We explore how attention affects the opinion dynamics in the population as well as the equilibrium properties in a hypothetical quasi-static environment. Our model can account for populations with heterogeneous preferences and can also be used to examine the dynamics of opinion polarization within a population.