INIFTA 05425
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICO-QUIMICAS TEORICAS Y APLICADAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Monte Carlo Simulations of a Model for Opinion Formation.
Autor/es:
BORDOGNA, C; EZEQUIEL V ALBANO
Revista:
The European Physical Journal Special Topics
Editorial:
EDP Sciences
Referencias:
Lugar: Paris, Francia; Año: 2007 vol. 143 p. 237 - 241
ISSN:
1951-6355
Resumen:
A model for opinion formation based on the Theory of
Social Impact is presented and studied by means of numerical simulations.
Individuals with two states of opinion are impacted due to social interactions
with: i) members of the society, ii) a strong leader with a well-defined
opinion and iii) the mass media that could either support or compete with the
leader. Due to that competition, the average opinion of the social group
exhibits phase-transition like behaviour between different states of opinion.
