ProAna Worlds: Affectivity and Echo Chambers Online
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DOI: 10.1007/s11245-021-09785-8
Abstract: Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder characterised by self-starvation. Accounts of AN typically frame the disorder in individualistic terms: e.g., genetic predisposition, perceptual disturbances of body size and shape, experiential bodily disturbances. Without disputing… read more here.
Keywords: affectivity echo; proana worlds; echo chambers; chambers online ... See more keywords
Social media, echo chambers and contingency: a system theoretical approach about communication in the digital space
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DOI: 10.1108/k-12-2022-1650
Abstract: PurposeThere is a growing worry about people possibly isolating themselves in online bubbles and avoiding contact with ideas that differ from their beliefs, creating a scenario of ideological polarization. To investigate into this matter, this… read more here.
Keywords: contingency; social media; communication; digital space ... See more keywords
Echo Chambers and Segregation in Social Networks: Markov Bridge Models and Estimation
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DOI: 10.1109/tcss.2021.3091168
Abstract: This article deals with the modeling and estimation of the sociological phenomena called echo chambers and segregation in social networks. Specifically, we present a novel community-based graph model that represents the emergence of segregated echo… read more here.
Keywords: chambers segregation; markov bridge; segregation social; social networks ... See more keywords
From echo chambers to ‘idea chambers’: Concurrent online interactions with similar and dissimilar others
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DOI: 10.1177/1748048521992486
Abstract: Countering conventional theory, this study found that online homophily and heterophily—connectivity with both similar and dissimilar others—are not necessarily countervailing phenomena, among repre... read more here.
Keywords: idea chambers; chambers idea; chambers concurrent; echo chambers ... See more keywords
Modelling Spirals of Silence and Echo Chambers by Learning from the Feedback of Others
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DOI: 10.3390/e24101484
Abstract: What are the mechanisms by which groups with certain opinions gain public voice and force others holding a different view into silence? Furthermore, how does social media play into this? Drawing on neuroscientific insights into… read more here.
Keywords: modelling spirals; spirals silence; echo chambers; silence ... See more keywords