English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Global: Zendy Plus annual

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Insights

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Global: Zendy Plus monthly

Global: Zendy Tools annual

Global: Zendy Tools monthly

Global: Zendy Free Plan

In this paper, using Monte Carlo simulations we show that the Blume-Capelmodel gives rise to the social depolarization. This model borrowed fromstatistical physics uses the continuous Ising spin varying from -1 to 1 passingby zero to express the political stance of an individual going from ultra-left(-1) to ultra-right (+1). The particularity of the Blume-Capel model is theexistence of a $D$-term which favors the state of spin zero which is a neutralstance. We consider the political system of the USA where voters affiliate withtwo political groups: Democrats or Republicans, or are independent. Each groupis composed of a large number of interacting members of the same stance. Werepresent the general political ambiance (or degree of social turmoil) with atemperature $T$ similar to thermal agitation in statistical physics. When threegroups interact with each other, their stances can get closer or further fromeach other, depending on the nature of their inter-group interactions. We studythe dynamics of such variations as functions of the value of the $D$-term ofeach group. We show that the polarization decreases with increasing $D$. Weoutline the important role of $T$ in these dynamics. These MC results are inexcellent agreement with the mean-field treatment of the same model.

Monte Carlo Study of Agent-Based Blume-Capel Model for Political Depolarization