Predicting Information Cascades
Over the past few lectures, we have been creating different mathematical models based on our (social) intuitions of how people make decisions in light of information of the decisions of others. First, we looked at this problem in terms of the global behavior of the population and developed a model based on Bayesian inference. However, […]
Trump Protests
http://www.npr.org/2016/11/17/502402402/protests-against-trumps-election-continue-across-the-country Regardless of whatever drove the election to the resulting outcome, information cascades continue to affect the aftermath of the election. The beliefs of certain people hold more weight than others; for example, people who respect Trump may follow in his footsteps in speaking in racist and sexist terms. Yet, sometimes it takes large […]
Self-Fulfilling Expectations and Selfies
On November 8, Eric Trump posted a picture of his ballot for the 2016 election to Twitter. Unsurprisingly, the photo showed that Eric voted for his father, Donald. While Donald Trump’s victory dominated media coverage in the subsequent days, Eric Trump’s photo also caused quite a stir. The Trump family resides in New York State, […]
Homophily, Social Media and the 2016 Election
Source: The Ringer https://theringer.com/social-media-echo-chamber-2016-election-facebook-twitter-b433df38a4cb#.4yaf93p76 Facebook’s 2013 addition of the “unfollow” feature on Facebook has allowed users to tailor who they hear from on Facebook, blocking certain friends from their newsfeed without having to unfriend them. I have done this myself, unfollowing members of my social network who post too often or post annoying things. However, […]
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