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Gravity Well Echo Chamber Modeling With An LLM-Based Confirmation Bias Model

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  • Haebom

Author

Joseph Jackson, Georgiy Lapin, Jeremy E. Thompson

Outline

This paper presents a novel model for analyzing the echo chamber phenomenon in social media. Extending the existing "gravity well" model, we add a variable that dynamically reflects a user's confirmation bias. This variable is calculated by comparing a user's posting history with their responses to posts from various perspectives. The improved model incorporates confirmation bias to more accurately identify echo chambers and provides a community-level indicator of information health. We validate the model on 19 Reddit communities, confirming its improved echo chamber detection performance. In conclusion, this study provides a framework that systematically captures the role of confirmation bias in online group dynamics, which can contribute to more effective identification of echo chambers and curbing the spread of misinformation.

Takeaways, Limitations

Takeaways:
We improve the accuracy of existing models by proposing an echo chamber model that takes confirmation bias into account.
It provides new metrics to more effectively identify echo chambers and assess the information health of a community.
It can contribute to effectively managing echo chambers, one of the main causes of the spread of misinformation.
Limitations:
Additional research is needed to generalize the findings from the Reddit community to other platforms or types of online communities.
Further validation of the calculation method and accuracy of the confirmation bias variable may be required.
Further research is needed on the practical application and effectiveness of the model.
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