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Group Polarization

Group Polarization is a group dynamic phenomenon in which the prevailing attitudes or risk-taking tendencies of individual group members become intensified following group discussion, resulting in more extreme decisions than those initially held by any group member.

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1.2K

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569

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2017–2026

218

Variants

Polarization In Groups

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Publications

534

Rediscovering the Social Group: A Self-Categorization Theory.

David Willer, John Turner, Michael A. Hogg et al. · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1989 · 7.2K citations

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Some Effects of Proportions on Group Life: Skewed Sex Ratios and Responses to Token Women

Rosabeth Moss Kanter · American Journal of Sociology · 1977 · 3.1K citations

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Opinion Dynamics and Bounded Confidence: Models, Analysis and Simulation

Rainer Hegselmann, Ulrich Krause · 2002 · 2.4K citations

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Fear and Loathing across Party Lines: New Evidence on Group Polarization

Shanto Iyengar, Sean Westwood · American Journal of Political Science · 2014 · 2.4K citations

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The Dissemination of Culture

Robert Axelrod · Journal of Conflict Resolution · 1997 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Authors

1.2K

  1. CR
    Cass R. Sunstein

    Harvard University, United States

    11 publications · 2.1K citations

    10

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  2. DG
    David G. Myers

    Hope College, United States

    9 publications · 1.8K citations

    9

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  3. MA
    Michael A. Hogg

    Claremont Graduate University, United States

    7 publications · 8.2K citations

    7

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  4. SM
    Serge Moscovici

    École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, France

    7 publications · 1.5K citations

    7

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  5. WQ
    Walter Quattrociocchi

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    6 publications · 1K citations

    6

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Institutions

569

  1. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    14 h-index

    29 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    2.7K citations

  4. École Pratique des Hautes Études

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    10 h-index

    13 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. New York University

    New York, United States

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    1.5K citations

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Venues

  1. European Journal of Social Psychology

    EJSP · 26 publications · 1.6K citations

    18

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  2. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    21 publications · 3.4K citations

    17

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  3. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 18 publications · 1.1K citations

    13

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  4. Political Behavior

    12 publications · 1.4K citations

    11

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  5. British Journal of Social Psychology

    10 publications · 1.9K citations

    10

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