Simulating the Impact of Personality on Fake News
(2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Coates, A., Muller, T., & Sirur, S. Simulating the Impact of Personality on Fake News. Presented at 22nd International Workshop on Trust in Agent Societies (TRUST 2021), London, UK
Fake news is a key issue for social networks. We use an agent-based network simulation to model the spread of (fake) news. The agents' behaviour captures the OCEAN ("big five") personality trait model. The network is homophilic for political preferen... Read More about Simulating the Impact of Personality on Fake News.