Despite tendencies toward convergence, differences
between individuals and groups continue to exist in
beliefs, attitudes, and behavior. An agent-based
adaptive model reveals the effects of a mechanism of
convergent social influence. The actors are placed
at fixed sites. The basic premise is that the more
similar an actor is to a neighbor, the more likely
that that actor will adopt one of the neighbor's
traits. Unlike previous models of social influence
or cultural change that treat features one at a
time, the proposed model takes into account the
interaction between different features. The model
illustrates how local convergence can generate
global polarization. Simulations show that the
number of stable homogeneous regions decreases with
the number of features, increases with the number of
alternative traits per feature, decreases with the
range of interaction, and (most surprisingly)
decreases when the geographic territory grows beyond
a certain size.
%0 Journal Article
%1 axelrod97
%A Axelrod, R.
%D 1997
%J J. Conflict Resolut.
%K 1997 axelrod convergence culture dultural dynamics model polarization
%N 2
%P 203-226
%R 10.1177/0022002797041002001
%T The Dissemination of Culture: A Model with Local
Convergence and Global Polarization
%V 41
%X Despite tendencies toward convergence, differences
between individuals and groups continue to exist in
beliefs, attitudes, and behavior. An agent-based
adaptive model reveals the effects of a mechanism of
convergent social influence. The actors are placed
at fixed sites. The basic premise is that the more
similar an actor is to a neighbor, the more likely
that that actor will adopt one of the neighbor's
traits. Unlike previous models of social influence
or cultural change that treat features one at a
time, the proposed model takes into account the
interaction between different features. The model
illustrates how local convergence can generate
global polarization. Simulations show that the
number of stable homogeneous regions decreases with
the number of features, increases with the number of
alternative traits per feature, decreases with the
range of interaction, and (most surprisingly)
decreases when the geographic territory grows beyond
a certain size.
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abstract = {Despite tendencies toward convergence, differences
between individuals and groups continue to exist in
beliefs, attitudes, and behavior. An agent-based
adaptive model reveals the effects of a mechanism of
convergent social influence. The actors are placed
at fixed sites. The basic premise is that the more
similar an actor is to a neighbor, the more likely
that that actor will adopt one of the neighbor's
traits. Unlike previous models of social influence
or cultural change that treat features one at a
time, the proposed model takes into account the
interaction between different features. The model
illustrates how local convergence can generate
global polarization. Simulations show that the
number of stable homogeneous regions decreases with
the number of features, increases with the number of
alternative traits per feature, decreases with the
range of interaction, and (most surprisingly)
decreases when the geographic territory grows beyond
a certain size. },
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author = {Axelrod, R.},
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doi = {10.1177/0022002797041002001},
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journal = {J. Conflict Resolut.},
keywords = {1997 axelrod convergence culture dultural dynamics model polarization},
number = 2,
pages = {203-226},
timestamp = {2010-03-22T18:37:30.000+0100},
title = {{The Dissemination of Culture: A Model with Local
Convergence and Global Polarization}},
volume = 41,
year = 1997
}