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Echo Chambers

Network rewiring based on opinion similarity creates isolated clusters where people only hear reinforcing views. Watch as homophilic connections segregate the social network into polarized echo chambers.

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Echo Chamber Formation

Agents have opinions (red=0 to blue=1) and social connections. Two dynamics:

• Rewiring: Cut links to dissimilar others, form new links to similar
• Influence: Connected agents shift opinions toward each other

High homophily → Isolated echo chambers emerge