Paths to Polarization: How Extreme Views, Miscommunication, and Random Chance Drive Opinion Dynamics

Figure 5

Regression of final polarization against initial polarization for in the nonrandom connected caveman network configuration. Final polarizations are same as in the column of Figure 4(a). 100 trials are shown. The top histogram shows the distribution of initial polarization across trials. The right histogram shows the distribution of final polarization across trials.