Peer-to-peer and mass communication effect on opinion shifts

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 392, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 785-796

  Kindler, A ^a   Solomon, S ^a   Stauffer, D ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ising model; Opinion dynamics; Percolation; Phase transition; Revolution

Indexed keywords

PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLVENTS;

BOTTOM UP; MASS COMMUNICATION; OPINION DIFFUSIONS; OPINION DYNAMICS; PEER TO PEER; POWER-LAW; REVOLUTION;

ISING MODEL;

EID: 84871719131     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2012.10.038     Document Type: Article

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