Opinion Market Model: Stemming Far-Right Opinion Spread using Positive Interventions

arXiv:2208.06620v3 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Online extremism has severe societal consequences, including normalizing hate speech, user radicalization, and increased social divisions. Various mitigation strategies have been explored to address these consequences. One such strategy uses positive interventions: controlled signals that add attention to the opinion ecosystem to boost certain opinions. To evaluate the effectiveness of positive interventions, we introduce the Opinion Market Model (OMM), a two-tier online opinion ecosystem model that considers both inter-opinion interactions and the role of positive …

abstract arxiv attention boost consequences cs.lg cs.si ecosystem far-right hate speech market opinion opinions positive social speech stemming strategies strategy type