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Effects of mass media on opinion spreading in the Sznajd sociophysics model

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In this work we consider the influence of mass media in the dynamics of the two-dimensional Sznajd model. This influence acts as an external field, and it is introduced in the model by means of a probability p of the agents to follow the media opinion. We performed Monte Carlo simulations on square lattices with different sizes, and our numerical results suggest a change on the critical behavior of the model, with the absence of the usual phase transition for p>∼0.18. Another effect of the probability p is to decrease the average relaxation times τ, that are log-normally distributed, as in the standard model. In addition, the τ values depend on the lattice size L in a power-law form, τ∼Lα, where the power-law exponent depends on the probability p.

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  • Crokidakis, Nuno, 2012. "Effects of mass media on opinion spreading in the Sznajd sociophysics model," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 391(4), pages 1729-1734.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:391:y:2012:i:4:p:1729-1734
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2011.11.038
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