The Impact of Social Media On Belief Formation
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Keywords
social media; network formation; social learning; polarization; homophily; correlation neglect;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation
- Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General
- Z19 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Other
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- NEP-MIC-2017-11-19 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-SOC-2017-11-19 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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