All-Moscow scientific seminar "Mathematical Methods of Decision Analysis in Economics, Business and Politics".
On October 18 (Wednesday) 2023, a regular meeting of the all-Moscow scientific seminar "Mathematical Methods of Decision Analysis in Economics, Business and Politics" took place at the National Research University "Higher School of Economics".
Doctor of Technical Sciences, prof. Fuad Tagievich Aleskerov,
Doctor of Technical Sciences, prof. Podinovsky Vladislav Vladimirovich,
Doctor of Technical Sciences, prof. Mirkin Boris Grigorievich.
Theme: Network fragmentation and beliefs about COVID-19 in Russian towns
Speaker: Boris Vladimirovich Pavlenko (HSE)
Annotation:
In this paper a relationship between spreading of true and fake statements regarding COVID-19 and network’s fragmentation of Russian towns is estimated. It is hypothesized that higher fragmentation in towns (more lies within communities rather than between communities) leads to creation of echo-chambers which decrease efficiency of information transmission. The data used for this study combines a town-level poll from 2020 and VK network’s structure. Paper shows that fragmentation is associated with knowledge and believing in information about COVID-19 differently for fake and true statements.
Date
16 October
2023