Figure 1
From: Network segregation and the propagation of misinformation

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.