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information gerrymandering: a standalone construct

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Political communication

a skew in who hears from whom in a communication network that can sway collective decisions toward one side even when sides are equal in size.

In political communication, information gerrymandering refers to a skew in who hears from whom in a communication network that can sway collective decisions toward one side even when sides are equal in size. This meaning comes from Stewart (2019) in Nature.[1]

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Stewart, A. J., Mosleh, M., Diakonova, M., Arechar, A. A., Rand, D. G., & Plotkin, J. B. (2019). Information gerrymandering and undemocratic decisions. Nature, 573(7772), 117-121. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1507-6

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