dc.creator | Ulloa, Roberto | es |
dc.creator | Kacperski, Celina | es |
dc.creator | Sancho Caparrini, Fernando | es |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-14T07:51:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-14T07:51:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ulloa, R., Kacperski, C. y Sancho Caparrini, F. (2016). Institutions and Cultural Diversity: Effects of Democratic and Propaganda Processes on Local Convergence and Global Diversity. PLos ONE, 11 (4-e0153334) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | es |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/107075 | |
dc.description.abstract | In a connected world where people influence each other, what can cause a globalized monoculture,
and which measures help to preserve the coexistence of cultures? Previous
research has shown that factors such as homophily, population size, geography, mass
media, and type of social influence play important roles. In the present paper, we investigate
for the first time the impact that institutions have on cultural diversity. In our first three studies,
we extend existing agent-based models and explore the effects of institutional influence and
agent loyalty. We find that higher institutional influence increases cultural diversity, while individuals'
loyalty to their institutions has a small, preserving effect. In three further studies, we
test how bottom-up and top-down processes of institutional influence impact our model. We
find that bottom-up democratic practices, such as referenda, tend to produce convergence
towards homogeneity, while top-down information dissemination practices, such as propaganda,
further increase diversity. In our last model—an integration of bottom-up and topdown
processes into a feedback loop of information—we find that when democratic processes
are rare, the effects of propaganda are amplified, i.e., more diversity emerges; however,
when democratic processes are common, they are able to neutralize or reverse this
propaganda effect. Importantly, our models allow for control over the full spectrum of diversity,
so that a manipulation of our parameters can result in preferred levels of diversity, which
will be useful for the study of other factors in the future.We discuss possible mechanisms
behind our results, applications, and implications for political and social sciences. | es |
dc.format | application/pdf | es |
dc.format.extent | 26 | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | es |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLos ONE, 11 (4-e0153334) | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.title | Institutions and Cultural Diversity: Effects of Democratic and Propaganda Processes on Local Convergence and Global Diversity | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dcterms.identifier | https://ror.org/03yxnpp24 | |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0153334 | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0153334 | es |
dc.journaltitle | PLos ONE | es |
dc.publication.volumen | 11 | es |
dc.publication.issue | 4-e0153334 | es |
dc.identifier.sisius | 21657149 | es |