Information Transmission in a Social Network: A Field Experiment

IF 3.2 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Journal of Experimental Political Science Pub Date : 2023-09-18 DOI:10.1017/xps.2023.21

Eleonora Patacchini, Paolo Pin, Tiziano Rotesi

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Abstract

Abstract Using an app for smartphones, we run an experiment among high-school students to study the pattern of aggregation of sparsely distributed information. Agents are randomly arranged in small networks and can share only non-verifiable pieces of information. Results show that while information exchange is high, the level and the distribution of centralities among network members are important to shape the overall level of information aggregation. A reduction in the asymmetry among agents’ network centralities is associated with an improvement in the performance of the group in terms of aggregation of information.

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社会网络中的信息传递:一个实地实验

本文利用智能手机应用程序，在高中生中进行了一项实验，研究稀疏分布信息的聚合模式。代理随机分布在小型网络中，只能共享不可验证的信息片段。结果表明，在信息交换程度较高的情况下，网络成员之间的中心性水平和分布对信息聚合的整体水平具有重要影响。代理网络中心性的不对称性的减少与群体在信息聚合方面的表现的改善有关。

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Journal of Experimental Political Science Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

CiteScore

5.10

自引率

8.30%

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