Reflecting on social influence in networks

Zoé Christoff; Jens Ulrik Hansen; Carlo Proietti

Reflecting on social influence in networks

Zoé Christoff, Jens Ulrik Hansen, Carlo Proietti

Theoretical Philosophy

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Abstract

This paper builds on the logical model of opinion dynamics under social influence in networks proposed by Liu, Seligman, and Girard (2014) as well as on the generalization proposed by Christoff and Hansen (2013). While both accounts of social influence show interesting dynamics, they both assume that agents do not reflect on how they are affected by such influence. This paper shows that, if agents are allowed to reflect upon the very rules of social influence, they may come to know (or "learn") other agents' private opinions, even though they can only observe their public behavior. To represent formally agents who are able to reason about social influence, a logic of social networks, knowledge, influence, and "learning" is introduced.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Information Dynamics in Artificial Societies Workshop (IDAS 2014)
Editors/authors	Emiliano Lorini, Laurent Perrussel
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	Information Dynamics in Artificial Societies Workshop - Tübingen, Germany Duration: 2014 Aug 18 → 2014 Aug 22

Conference

Conference	Information Dynamics in Artificial Societies Workshop
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Tübingen
Period	2014/08/18 → 2014/08/22

Bibliographical note

http://www.irit.fr/~Laurent.Perrussel/idas-14/

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Philosophy

Knowledge in a Digital World: Trust, Credibility and Relevance on the Web
Felix, C. V. (Researcher), Genot, E. (Researcher), Olsson, E. J. (PI), Masterton, G. (Researcher), Ahlstrom-Vij, K. (Researcher), Rendsvig, R. K. (Researcher), Obelitz Søe, S. (Researcher), von Gerber, Y. (Researcher), Fransson, J. (Researcher), Andersson, C. (Researcher), Haider, J. (Researcher), Ilshammar, L. (Researcher), Lindsköld, L. (Researcher), Sundin, O. (PI), Kjellberg, S. (Researcher) & Carlsson, H. (Researcher)
Swedish Research Council
2013/01/01 → 2017/12/31
Project: Research
Logical Modelling of Collective Attitudes and their Dynamics
Proietti, C. (PI)
Swedish Research Council
2013/01/01 → 2015/12/31
Project: Research
Lund University Information Quality Research Group (LUIQ)
Hansen, J. U. (Researcher), Jacot, J. (Researcher), Masterton, G. (Researcher), Proietti, C. (Researcher), Quinon, P. (Researcher), Rendsvig, R. K. (Researcher), Schubert, S. (Researcher), Zenker, F. (Researcher), Angere, S. (Researcher), Genot, E. (Researcher), Jönsson, M. (Researcher), Olsson, E. J. (Researcher) & von Gerber, Y. (Researcher)
2011/10/20 → 2025/12/31
Project: Network

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Knowledge in a Digital World: Trust, Credibility and Relevance on the Web

Logical Modelling of Collective Attitudes and their Dynamics

Lund University Information Quality Research Group (LUIQ)

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