Segregation and polarization in urban areas.

ABSTRACT: Social behaviours emerge from the exchange of information among individuals-constrained by and reciprocally influencing the structure of information flows. The Internet radically transformed communication by democratizing broadcast capabilities and enabling easy and borderless formation of new acquaintances. However, actual information flows are heterogeneous and confined to self-organized echo-chambers. Of central importance to the future of society is understanding how existing physical segregation affects online social fragmentation. Here, we show that the virtual space is a reflection of the geographical space where physical interactions and proximity-based social learning are the main transmitters of ideas. We show that online interactions are segregated by income just as physical int

SUBMITTER: Morales AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6837204 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature