Chivu, Andreea (2025) Differences and Similarities Between Pluralistic Ignorance and the Majority Illusion in Social Networks. Bachelor's Thesis, Artificial Intelligence.
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Abstract
This thesis investigates the phenomena of pluralistic ignorance and the majority illusion, exploring how these mechanisms distort perceptions of public opinion within social networks. Pluralistic ignorance occurs when individuals privately reject a norm but publicly con form, misjudging others’ true beliefs due to social pressures and limited visibility of dissent. The majority illusion arises from network structures where minority opinions gain outsized visibility through highly connected individuals, skewing perceptions of consensus. By analysing properties of social networks, such as clustering coefficients, degree distributions, and different dimensions, this work compares the two phenomena, highlighting their similarities and differences. One of the key differences is where the distortion comes from in each of the two phenomena, since one is driven by what we fear inside, and the other by what the network shows on the outside. Examples and theoretical models illustrate how the amplification or suppression of minority opinions are influenced.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor's Thesis) |
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| Supervisor name: | Christoff, Z.L. and Los, M.D. |
| Degree programme: | Artificial Intelligence |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2025 10:27 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2025 10:27 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/36339 |
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