Evaluation and control of opinion polarization and disagreement: a review

International Journal of Crowd Science

article

Hong Zhao¹  Yuejiang Li¹ 

[1]Department of Automation, Tsinghua University

关键词: Crowd networks;    Opinion dynamics;    Polarization and disagreement;   

DOI  :  10.1108/IJCS-02-2021-0003

学科分类：内科医学

来源: Emerald Publishing

【 摘 要 】

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the recent studies on opinion polarization and disagreement. Design/methodology/approach – In this work, recent advances in opinion polarization and disagreement and pay attention to how they are evaluated and controlled are reviewed. Findings – In literature, three metrics: polarization, disagreement and polarization-disagreement index are usually adopted and there is a tradeoff between polarization and disagreement. Different strategies have been proposed in literature which can significantly control opinion polarization and disagreement based on these metrics. Originality/value – This review is of crucial importance to summarize works on opinion polarization and disagreement and to the better understanding and control of them.

【 授权许可】

CC BY