@misc{10481/92154,
year = {2024},
month = {2},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/92154},
abstract = {Polarization is common in politics and public opinion. It is believed to be shaped by media as well as ideologies,
and often incited by misinformation. However, little is known about the microscopic dynamics
behind polarization and the resulting social tensions. By coupling opinion formation with the strategy
selection in different social dilemmas, we reveal how success at an individual level transforms to global
consensus or lack thereof. When defection carries with it the fear of punishment in the absence of greed,
as in the stag-hunt game, opinion fragmentation is the smallest. Conversely, if defection promises a higher
payoff and also evokes greed, like in the prisoner’s dilemma and snowdrift game, consensus is more difficult
to attain. Our research thus challenges the top-down narrative of social tensions, showing they might
originate from fundamental principles at individual level, like the desire to prevail in pairwise evolutionary
comparisons.},
organization = {EMERGIA21_00139, funded by Consejería de Universidad, Investigación e Innovación of the Andalusian Government
and by ‘‘ERDF A way of making Europe’’},
organization = {CONFIA (PID2021-122916NB-I00), granted by the Spanish Ministry of Science},
organization = {Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije)
(Grant Nos. P1-0403and N1-0232)},
publisher = {Elsevier},
title = {Success-driven opinion formation determines social tensions},
doi = {10.1016/j.isci.2024.109254},
author = {Chica Serrano, Manuel and Perc, Matjaž and Santos, Francisco C.},
}