Information gerrymandering in social networks skews collective decision-making

Carl T. Bergstrom () and Joseph B. Bak-Coleman

Nature, 2019, vol. 573, issue 7772, 40-41

Abstract: An analysis shows that information flow between individuals in a social network can be ‘gerrymandered’ to skew perceptions of how others in the community will vote — which can alter the outcomes of elections.

Keywords: Society; Human behaviour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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