A “Game of Like” : Online Social Network Sharing As Strategic Interaction
(2023) p.299-307- Abstract
We argue that behavioral science models of online content-sharing overlook the role of strategic interactions between users. Borrowing from accuracy-nudges studies decision-theoretic models, we propose a basic game model and explore special cases with idealized parameter settings to identify refinements necessary to capture real-world online social network behavior. Anticipating those refinements, we sketch a strategic analysis of content amplification and draw a connection between Keynes’ “beauty contest” analogy and recent social-epistemological work on echo chambers. We conclude on the model’s prospects from analytical and empirical perspectives.
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- Genot, Emmanuel J. LU
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- publishing date
- 2023-07
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- Working paper/Preprint
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- published
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- 9 pages
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- arXiv.org
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- scopus:85168685569
- DOI
- 10.4204/EPTCS.379.24
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- In Proceedings TARK 2023
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