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Confrontation of Capitalism and Socialism in Wikipedia Networks
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: Received: 1 August 2024 / Approved: 1 August 2024 / Online: 1 August 2024 (14:11:26 CEST)
How to cite: Ermann, L.; Shepelyansky, D. L. Confrontation of Capitalism and Socialism in Wikipedia Networks. Preprints 2024, 2024080051. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0051.v1 Ermann, L.; Shepelyansky, D. L. Confrontation of Capitalism and Socialism in Wikipedia Networks. Preprints 2024, 2024080051. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0051.v1
Abstract
We introduce the Ising Network Opinion Formation (INOF) model and apply it for the analysis of networks of 6 Wikipedia language editions. In the model, Ising spins are placed at network nodes/articles and the steady-state opinion polarization of spins is determined from the Monte Carlo iterations in which a given spin orientation is determined by in-going links from other spins. The main consideration is done for opinion confrontation between capitalism, imperialism (blue opinion) and socialism, communism (red opinion). These nodes have fixed spin/opinion orientation while other nodes achieve their steady-state opinions in the process of Monte Carlo iterations. We find that the global network opinion favors socialism, communism for all 6 editions. The model also determines the opinion preferences for world countries and political leaders, showing good agreement with heuristic expectations. We also present results for opinion competition between Christianity and Islam, and USA Democratic and Republican parties. We argue that the INOF approach can find numerous applications for directed complex networks.
Keywords
opinion formation; directed networks; Wikipedia; Ising spins; socialism; capitalism
Subject
Social Sciences, Political Science
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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