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Michael W. Macy
Researcher at Cornell University
Publications - 144
Citations - 17562
Michael W. Macy is an academic researcher from Cornell University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cultural diversity & Social media. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 138 publications receiving 15440 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael W. Macy include Brookings Institution & Johns Hopkins University.
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Cultural values and cross-cultural video consumption on YouTube.
TL;DR: Although online social media facilitate global access to cultural products, it is found this technological capability does not result in universal cultural convergence and consumption of popular videos in culturally different countries appears to be constrained by cultural values.
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Why more contact may increase cultural polarization
Andreas Flache,Michael W. Macy +1 more
TL;DR: It is shown that two plausible modifications of Axelrod's original mechanism turn the effect of range of communication upside-down, and a larger range of contact can increase rather than decrease the extent of polarization in the population.
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Statistical Mechanics and Social Sciences I
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The signal importance of noise
Michael W. Macy,Milena Tsvetkova +1 more
TL;DR: This work reviews recent sociological studies that are noteworthy for demonstrating the theoretical importance of noise for understanding the dynamics of a complex system and identifies conditions in which noise can increase efficiency and predictability and reduce diversity.
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Cultural Fault Lines and Political Polarization
TL;DR: It is shown how co-following on Twitter can be used to measure the extent to which partisan divisions are also evident in social media, and the results provide compelling evidence that "Tesla liberals" and "bird hunting conservatives" are stereotypes grounded in empirical reality.