Homophily and acrophily as drivers of political segregation
Amit Goldenberg, Joseph M. Abruzzo, Zi Huang, Jonas Schöne, David Bailey, Robb Willer, Eran Halperin, James J. Gross
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- people have a tendency to prefer to make social ties with those who are close but also slightly more extreme in their opinions than ourselves -- known as acrophily - participants who viewed peers who expressed more extreme views as more prototypical of their political group also tended to engage in greater acrophily