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A Continuous Opinion Dynamics Model Based on the Principle of Meta-Contrast [PDF]
We propose a new continuous opinion dynamics model inspired by social psychology. It is based on a central assumption of self-categorization theory called principle of meta-contrast.
Laurent Salzarulo
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‘This Is Not Europe’: Investigating the Commission's Anti‐Populist Articulation of ‘European Values’
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Whilst ‘populism’ is often considered antithetical to ‘European values’, how this contrast shapes the very meaning of such ‘values’ remains underexplored. This article investigates the European Commission's anti‐populist articulation of ‘European values’, which constructs ‘populism’ as their constitutive outside.
Alex Yates
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Taking it to the extreme: prevalence and nature of extremist sentiment in games
Frontiers in PsychologyMore than half of all game players report experiencing some form of hate, harassment or abuse within gaming spaces. While prevalence assessments of these actions in digital gaming spaces are ongoing, little remains known about the more extreme forms of ...
Rachel Kowert +2 more
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Religious Extremism, Clubs, and Civil Liberties: A Model of Religious Populations
This paper extends the club model of religion to better account for observed patterns of extremism. We adapt existing models to a multi-agent framework and analyze the distribution of agents and clubs.
Makowsky, Michael
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Marriage of Love? Cross‐Fertilisation Between Illiberalism and Euroscepticism
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The article contributes to the conceptual mapping of the interaction between Euroscepticism and illiberalism, suggesting that there is a mutual reinforcement process between them. The overlaps cover the following areas: the critique of supranationalism, the resulting defence of national sovereignty, the defence of the (national) majority ...
Vít Hloušek, Vratislav Havlík
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Spaces of Hybridized Prefatory Extremism (HYPE) on Social Media
Social Media + SocietyNew trends in online extremism are currently unsettling the typical classifications used to assess violent threats to democratic societies. While extremism is usually perceived to be a matter of extreme ideologies and methods, social media enables and ...
Line Nybro Petersen +1 more
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, 2014 Published at Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS ...
Carpentier, Alexandra, Valko, Michal
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JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract In recent years, the European Union (EU) expanded its digital regulatory competences. However, it is not clear which political trade‐offs occur in decision‐making on digital policy issues. This study examines how European parliamentarians and their party groups position themselves on these issues and which conflict lines emerge. Analysing roll
Adam Geoffrey Tyler, Ben Crum
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Social Media Is a Threat for Democracy! A Political Perspective for Analysing and Diminishing Harm
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Social media platforms, once hailed as potential champions of dialogue, have evolved into commodified spaces in which their business models incentivize hate speech, misinformation, polarization, and the political fragmentation of society, benefiting corporate and political elites while eroding democracy.
Itziar Castelló +3 more
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Extremism, values, and education in policy and practice
, 2021 The relationship between extremism and schools is a seemingly contradictory one. The UK Prevent Duty’s aim (to prevent and also root out extremism in schools) is often, ironically, blamed for aiding the radicalization process, but it is also identified ...
Revell, L.
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