How does public opinion become extreme?

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ramos, Marlon ^a,b,c   Shao, Jia ^d   Reis, Saulo D S ^a,e   Anteneodo, Celia ^b   Andrade, José S ^e   Havlin, Shlomo ^f   Makse, Hernán A ^a,e  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c CAPES Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Ministério da Educação ^*  (Brazil)

^d Bloomberg LP   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^f BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 84930225822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10032     Document Type: Article

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