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Layered social influence promotes multiculturality in the Axelrod model
Despite the presence of increasing pressure towards globalisation, the coexistence of different cultures is a distinctive feature of human societies. However, how multiculturality can emerge in a population of individuals inclined to imitation, and how it remains stable under cultural drift, i.e. th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5431822/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28500281 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02040-4 |
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author | Battiston, Federico Nicosia, Vincenzo Latora, Vito Miguel, Maxi San |
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description | Despite the presence of increasing pressure towards globalisation, the coexistence of different cultures is a distinctive feature of human societies. However, how multiculturality can emerge in a population of individuals inclined to imitation, and how it remains stable under cultural drift, i.e. the spontaneous mutation of traits in the population, still needs to be understood. To solve such a problem, we propose here a microscopic model of culture dissemination which takes into account that, in real social systems, the interactions are organised in various layers corresponding to different interests or topics. We show that the addition of multiplexity in the modeling of our society generates qualitatively novel dynamical behavior, producing a new stable regime of cultural diversity. This finding suggests that the layered organisation of social influence typical of modern societies is the key ingredient to explain why and how multiculturality emerges and thrives in our world. |
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spelling | pubmed-54318222017-05-16 Layered social influence promotes multiculturality in the Axelrod model Battiston, Federico Nicosia, Vincenzo Latora, Vito Miguel, Maxi San Sci Rep Article Despite the presence of increasing pressure towards globalisation, the coexistence of different cultures is a distinctive feature of human societies. However, how multiculturality can emerge in a population of individuals inclined to imitation, and how it remains stable under cultural drift, i.e. the spontaneous mutation of traits in the population, still needs to be understood. To solve such a problem, we propose here a microscopic model of culture dissemination which takes into account that, in real social systems, the interactions are organised in various layers corresponding to different interests or topics. We show that the addition of multiplexity in the modeling of our society generates qualitatively novel dynamical behavior, producing a new stable regime of cultural diversity. This finding suggests that the layered organisation of social influence typical of modern societies is the key ingredient to explain why and how multiculturality emerges and thrives in our world. Nature Publishing Group UK 2017-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5431822/ /pubmed/28500281 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02040-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Battiston, Federico Nicosia, Vincenzo Latora, Vito Miguel, Maxi San Layered social influence promotes multiculturality in the Axelrod model |
title | Layered social influence promotes multiculturality in the Axelrod model |
title_full | Layered social influence promotes multiculturality in the Axelrod model |
title_fullStr | Layered social influence promotes multiculturality in the Axelrod model |
title_full_unstemmed | Layered social influence promotes multiculturality in the Axelrod model |
title_short | Layered social influence promotes multiculturality in the Axelrod model |
title_sort | layered social influence promotes multiculturality in the axelrod model |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5431822/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28500281 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02040-4 |
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