Modularity and composite diversity affect the collective gathering of information online.

ABSTRACT: Many modern interactions happen in a digital space, where automated recommendations and homophily can shape the composition of groups interacting together and the knowledge that groups are able to tap into when operating online. Digital interactions are also characterized by different scales, from small interest groups to large online communities. Here, we manipulate the composition of groups based on a large multi-trait profiling space (including demographic, professional, psychological and relational variables) to explore the causal link between group composition and performance as a function of group size. We asked volunteers to search news online under time pressure and measured individual and group performance in forecasting real geo-political events. Our manipulation affected the cor

SUBMITTER: Pescetelli N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8159948 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature