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Flock Effect Drives Information Fractal Propagation

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  • FUZHONG NIAN

    (School of Computer & Communication, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, P. R. China)

  • YUANLIN CUI

    (School of Computer & Communication, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, P. R. China)

  • YANG YANG

    (School of Computer & Communication, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, P. R. China)

  • XINGYUAN WANG

    (Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, P. R. China)

Abstract

In this paper, first, the structure of social networks was investigated from fractal perspective and the fractal network was built from online social networks. Then inspired by the flock effect, the characteristics of “separation†, “cohesion†and “alignment†in information propagation were studied from the inherent granularity structure of fractal communities. Accordingly, the agreement degree and controversy degree between community members at different granularities were defined. And the “Seeking Common Ground While Shelving Differences†propagation rule in fractal network was presented. On this basis, a new S2I propagation model was proposed. From this model, communicators were divided into two states, I and OI. People in status I have a tendency to express support for a message. While those in state OI have a tendency to oppose it. The information propagation process and characteristics were analyzed further by using S2I model. Finally, the effectiveness of S2I model was verified by comparative experiments of simulation and real data analysis.

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  • Fuzhong Nian & Yuanlin Cui & Yang Yang & Xingyuan Wang, 2022. "Flock Effect Drives Information Fractal Propagation," FRACTALS (fractals), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 30(06), pages 1-10, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:fracta:v:30:y:2022:i:06:n:s0218348x22501146
    DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X22501146
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