Homophily and minority-group size explain perception biases in social networks
Abstract
People’s perceptions about the size of minority groups in social networks can be biased, often showing systematic over- or underestimation. These social perception biases are often attributed to biased cognitive or motivational processes. Here we show that both over- and underestimation of the size of a minority group can emerge solely from structural properties of social networks. Using a generative network model, we show that these biases...
Paper Details
Title
Homophily and minority-group size explain perception biases in social networks
Published Date
Aug 12, 2019
Journal
Volume
3
Issue
10
Pages
1078 - 1087
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