Search Results - "Mäs, Michael"

Differentiation without distancing. explaining bi-polarization of opinions without negative influence by Mäs, Michael, Flache, Andreas

“…Explanations of opinion bi-polarization hinge on the assumption of negative influence, individuals' striving to amplify differences to disliked others…”
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Discrepancy and Disliking Do Not Induce Negative Opinion Shifts by Takács, Károly, Flache, Andreas, Mäs, Michael

“…Both classical social psychological theories and recent formal models of opinion differentiation and bi-polarization assign a prominent role to negative social…”
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A behavioral study of “noise” in coordination games by Mäs, Michael, Nax, Heinrich H.

“…‘Noise’ in this study, in the sense of evolutionary game theory, refers to deviations from prevailing behavioral rules. Analyzing data from a laboratory…”
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Individualization as driving force of clustering phenomena in humans by Mäs, Michael, Flache, Andreas, Helbing, Dirk

“…One of the most intriguing dynamics in biological systems is the emergence of clustering, in the sense that individuals self-organize into separate…”
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Models of Social Influence: Towards the Next Frontiers by Flache, Andreas, Mäs, Michael, Feliciani, Thomas, Chattoe-Brown, Edmund, Deffuant, Guillaume, Huet, Sylvie, Lorenz, Jan

“…In 1997, Robert Axelrod wondered in a highly influential paper "If people tend to become more alike in their beliefs, attitudes, and behavior when they…”
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Robust Clustering in Generalized Bounded Confidence Models by Kurahashi-Nakamura, Takasumi, Mäs, Michael, Lorenz, Jan

“…ounded confidence models add a critical theoretical ingredient to the explanation of opinion clustering, opinion polarisation, and the persistence of opinion…”
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Random Deviations Improve Micro–Macro Predictions: An Empirical Test by Mäs, Michael, Helbing, Dirk

“…Many sociological theories make critically different macropredictions when their microassumptions are implemented stochastically rather than deterministically…”
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In the Short Term We Divide, in the Long Term We Unite: Demographic Crisscrossing and the Effects of Faultlines on Subgroup Polarization by Mäs, Michael, Flache, Andreas, Takács, Károly, Jehn, Karen A.

“…Do strong demographic faultlines breed opinion polarization in work teams? We integrate two theories that have been used to explain faultline effects. The…”
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Do intergroup conflicts necessarily result from outgroup hate? by Mäs, Michael, Dijkstra, Jacob

“…We developed a new experimental design to test whether or not individuals engage in conflict between social groups because they seek to harm outgroup members…”
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On disciplinary fragmentation and scientific progress by Balietti, Stefano, Mäs, Michael, Helbing, Dirk

“…Why are some scientific disciplines, such as sociology and psychology, more fragmented into conflicting schools of thought than other fields, such as physics…”
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Polarization on Social Media: Micro-Level Evidence and Macro-Level Implications by Keijzer, Marijn, Mäs, Michael, Flache, Andreas

“…We formally introduce and empirically test alternative micro-foundations of social influence in the context of communication on social media. To this end, we…”
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Persuasion without polarization? Modelling persuasive argument communication in teams with strong faultlines by Feliciani, Thomas, Flache, Andreas, Mäs, Michael

“…Strong demographic faultlines are a potential source of conflict in teams. To study conditions under which faultlines can result in between-group…”
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Communication in Online Social Networks Fosters Cultural Isolation by Keijzer, Marijn A., Flache, Andreas, Mäs, Michael

“…Online social networks play an increasingly important role in communication between friends, colleagues, business partners, and family members. This…”
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Towards representing human behavior and decision making in Earth system models – an overview of techniques and approaches by Müller-Hansen, Finn, Schlüter, Maja, Mäs, Michael, Donges, Jonathan F, Kolb, Jakob J, Thonicke, Kirsten, Heitzig, Jobst

“…Today, humans have a critical impact on the Earth system and vice versa, which can generate complex feedback processes between social and ecological dynamics…”
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When is ignorance bliss? Disclosing true information and cascades of norm violation in networks by Mäs, Michael, Opp, Karl-Dieter

“…•Informing a population about its true rate of norm violation can increase norm violation.•Informing a population about its true rate of norm violation can…”
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Interplay Between Risk Perception, Behavior, and COVID-19 Spread by Dönges, Philipp, Wagner, Joel, Contreras, Sebastian, Iftekhar, Emil N., Bauer, Simon, Mohr, Sebastian B., Dehning, Jonas, Calero Valdez, André, Kretzschmar, Mirjam, Mäs, Michael, Nagel, Kai, Priesemann, Viola

“…Pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have been crucial for controlling COVID-19. They are complemented by voluntary health-protective…”
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How to get the timing right. A computational model of the effects of the timing of contacts on team cohesion in demographically diverse teams by Flache, Andreas, Mäs, Michael

“…Lau and Murnighan’s faultline theory explains negative effects of demographic diversity on team performance as consequence of strong demographic faultlines. If…”
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The complex link between filter bubbles and opinion polarization by Keijzer, Marijn A., Mäs, Michael

“…There is public and scholarly debate about the effects of personalized recommender systems implemented in online social networks, online markets, and search…”
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Who influences lower-status individuals more: People of higher-status outgroups or people of their lower-status ingroup? Examining the difference between matters of opinion and matters of fact by Frey, Vincenz, Flache, Andreas, Bakker, Dieko, Mäs, Michael

“…People are influenced by members of high-status groups and members of their ingroup. These principles of “status orientation” and “ingroup orientation” can…”
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The strength of weak bots by Keijzer, Marijn A., Mäs, Michael

“…Some fear that social bots, automated accounts on online social networks, propagate falsehoods that can harm public opinion formation and democratic…”
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