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  • Network Science

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  • Network structure influences group consensus in simplified tasks.
  • Cognitive mechanisms linking network structure to narrative emergence are unclear.
  • Decentralized online networks present complex environments for studying shared narratives.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how network structure affects the emergence and semantic content of shared narrative beliefs.
  • To explore the cognitive mechanisms underlying narrative formation in online social networks.
  • To analyze the impact of network topology on causal and effect-focused communication.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental online social networks were utilized.
  • Natural language processing (NLP) measures and agent-based modeling were employed.
  • An embedding-based narrative alignment measure quantified semantic similarity.

Main Results:

  • Complex media content attenuated network structure effects but did not eliminate them.
  • Fully connected networks prioritized communicating causes, while locally connected networks emphasized effects.
  • Network structure influenced representational and language change, with fully connected groups increasing causal language.

Conclusions:

  • Network structure significantly shapes the semantic content and linguistic features of shared narratives.
  • Online social network topology influences whether groups focus on causes or effects.
  • Findings highlight the interplay between network architecture and cognitive processes in collective sense-making.