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@ARTICLE{Banisch:1010388,
      author       = {Banisch, Sven and Shamon, Hawal},
      title        = {{B}iased processing and opinion polarization:
                      {E}xperimental refinement of argument communication theory
                      in the context of the energy debate},
      journal      = {Sociological methods and research},
      volume       = {54},
      number       = {1},
      issn         = {0049-1241},
      address      = {London [u.a.]},
      publisher    = {Sage Publ.},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2023-03032},
      pages        = {187–236},
      year         = {2025},
      abstract     = {We combine empirical experimental research on biased
                      argument processing with a computational theory of group
                      deliberation to overcome the micro–macro problem of
                      sociology and to clarify the role of biased processing in
                      debates around energy. We integrate biased processing into
                      the framework of argument communication theory in which
                      agents exchange arguments about a certain topic and adapt
                      opinions accordingly. Our derived mathematical model fits
                      significantly better to the experimentally observed attitude
                      changes than the neutral argument processing assumption made
                      in previous models. Our approach provides new insight into
                      the relationship between biased processing and opinion
                      polarization. Our analysis reveals a sharp qualitative
                      transition from attitude moderation to polarization at the
                      individual level. At the collective level, we find that weak
                      biased processing significantly accelerates group decision
                      processes, whereas strong biased processing leads to a
                      meta-stable conflictual state of bi-polarization that
                      becomes persistent as the bias increases.},
      cin          = {IEK-STE},
      ddc          = {300},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-STE-20101013},
      pnm          = {1112 - Societally Feasible Transformation Pathways
                      (POF4-111)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1112},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      UT           = {WOS:001037168500001},
      doi          = {10.1177/00491241231186658},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1010388},
}