group polarization (Q1551060)

tendency of a group to make more extreme decisions than the inclinations of its members

Cyber cascade
polarization (social sciences)

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collective behavior

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topic/collective-behaviour

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topic/polarization-sociology

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2019

https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/whitepaper/eng/WP2019/2019-index.html

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https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/whitepaper/eng/WP2019/chapter-1.pdf#page=11https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/whitepaper/eng/WP2019/chapter-1.pdf#page=11

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White Paper on Information and Communications in Japan / Part 1 Special Theme: Evolving Digital Economy towards “Society 5.0” / Chapter 1 How ICT and the Digital Economy Have Evolved / Section 4 / Communications and Media in the Digital Economy / p.13 / 2. Is Internet Use Polarizing Public Opinion? / p.14 / (1) Phenomena Said to be Characteristics of Online Information Circulation / The U.S. legal scholar Sunstein (2001) (23) identified a phenomenon called cyberbalkanization regarding the gathering of information online. Because of the Internet’s characteristics that make it easy for people with the same ideology or beliefs to connect together, polarized and isolated groups can readily form. / 23 / Cass R. Sunstein (2001). “Republic.com.” Princeton University Press. (English)

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Joho tsushin hakusho

language of work or name

Japanese

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https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/whitepaper/ja/r01/html/nd114210.html