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Rewiring social networks can lead to cultural diversity. Low tolerance creates monocultures, while intermediate tolerance fosters multicultural societies by preventing link rewiring in fragmented networks.

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Area of Science:

  • Sociology
  • Computational Social Science
  • Network Science

Background:

  • Axelrod's model explains cultural dissemination through agent interactions.
  • Cultural similarity and network structure influence social dynamics.
  • Understanding factors promoting monocultural vs. multicultural societies is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how introducing a rewiring probability affects cultural dissemination.
  • To explore the impact of cultural similarity tolerance on societal outcomes.
  • To compare the results with the original Axelrod model.

Main Methods:

  • Agent-based modeling based on Axelrod's model.
  • Introduction of a rewiring probability based on cultural similarity and tolerance.
  • Simulation of cultural dissemination on a social network.

Main Results:

  • Low tolerance values promote convergence to a monocultural state.
  • Intermediate tolerance values can lead to a stable multicultural society.
  • Rewiring prevents globalization in fragmented networks at intermediate tolerance.

Conclusions:

  • Network rewiring is a key factor in determining cultural diversity.
  • The tolerance parameter significantly influences the emergence of monocultural or multicultural states.
  • Modified Axelrod models can explain the persistence of multicultural societies.