A General Social Agent-Based Model of Opinion Dynamics with Applications to STEM Education and Radicalization

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dc.contributor.advisorCioffi-Revilla, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, Joseph Francis
dc.creatorHarrison, Joseph Francis
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-29T01:15:45Z
dc.date.available2017-01-29T01:15:45Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractMany aspects of our society are affected by how opinions change and ideology spreads (e.g., interest in STEM and political radicalization), but the underlying processes are not well understood. Previous attempts at modeling these phenomena have suffered from a lack of empirical data and/or insufficient grounding in social-psychological theory. Moreover, the field of opinion dynamics would benefit from a broader view of the discipline that captures the commonalities between different domains.
dc.format.extent137 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/10581
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2016 Joseph Francis Harrison
dc.subjectSocial psychology
dc.subjectComputer science
dc.subjectAgent-based modeling
dc.subjectInterest development
dc.subjectOpinion dynamics
dc.subjectRadicalization
dc.subjectSTEM
dc.titleA General Social Agent-Based Model of Opinion Dynamics with Applications to STEM Education and Radicalization
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineComputational Social Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelPh.D.

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