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majority illusion: a standalone construct

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majorityillusion1 CONSTRUCTMajority illusionLERMAN · NETWORK SCIENCE

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Network science

a network effect where a minority trait looks like a majority to many people because well-connected nodes carry it.

In network science, majority illusion refers to a network effect where a minority trait looks like a majority to many people because well-connected nodes carry it. This meaning comes from Lerman (2016) in PLOS ONE.[1]

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References

  1. Lerman, K., Yan, X., & Wu, X. (2016). The "Majority Illusion" in Social Networks. PLOS ONE, 11(2), e0147617. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147617

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