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From: Network segregation and the propagation of misinformation

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Experimental design. (A) Subjects were randomly assigned to either an ideologically integrated (left) or segregated network (right) in which red (blue) nodes represent self-identified conservative (liberal) participants (N = 96, degree = 6). (B) Each diffusion process (16 networks \(\times\) 32 messages = 512 in total) was initiated by a random seed node, who received an ideologically aligned message, and had it automatically shared with their 6 neighbors. We show the observed propagation history of a false conservative-leaning message under ideological mixing (left) and homophily (right). Node size decreases with the shortest distance (1–8) to the seed node.

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