Modeling of Online Echo-Chamber Effect Based on the Concept of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel model for the online echo-chamber effect using spontaneous symmetry breaking, aiming to understand and counteract the phenomenon within social networks.

Contribution

It applies the concept of spontaneous symmetry breaking to model online echo chambers, providing a new engineering framework for analyzing their emergence.

Findings

Model demonstrates how echo chambers form through symmetry breaking.

Provides insights into the dynamics of belief reinforcement in online communities.

Lays groundwork for developing countermeasures against echo chambers.

Abstract

The online echo-chamber effect is a phenomenon in which beliefs that are far from common sense are strengthened within relatively small communities formed within online social networks. Since it is significantly degrading social activities in the real world, we should understand how the echo-chamber effect arises in an engineering framework to realize countermeasure technologies. This paper proposes a model of the online echo-chamber effect by introducing the concept of spontaneous symmetry breaking to the oscillation model framework used for describing online user dynamics.