Title
Networked experiments and modeling for producing collective identity in a group of human subjects using an iterative abduction framework
Abstract
Group or collective identity is an individual’s cognitive, moral, and emotional connection with a broader community, category, practice, or institution. There are many different contexts in which collective identity operates, and a host of application domains where collective identity is important. Collective identity is studied across myriad academic disciplines. Consequently, there is interest in understanding the collective identity formation process. In laboratory and other settings, collective identity is fostered through priming a group of human subjects. However, there have been no works in developing agent-based models for simulating collective identity formation processes. Our focus is understanding a game that is designed to produce collective identity within a group. To study this process, we build an online game platform; perform and analyze controlled laboratory experiments involving teams; build, exercise, and evaluate network-based agent-based models; and form and evaluate hypotheses about collective identity. We conduct these steps in multiple abductive iterations of experiments and modeling to improve our understanding of collective identity as this looping process unfolds. Our work serves as an exemplar of using abductive looping in the social sciences. Findings on collective identity include the observation that increased team performance in the game, resulting in increased monetary earnings for all players, did not produce a measured increase in collective identity among them.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1007/s13278-019-0620-8
Social Network Analysis and Mining
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Online social experiments, Agent-based models, Abduction, Abductive loop, Collective identity
Journal
10
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
1869-5450
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
19
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Vanessa Cedeno-Mieles100.34
Zhihao Hu222.44
Yihui Ren3195.56
Xinwei Deng4239.14
Abhijin Adiga512619.57
Chris L. Barrett669266.06
Noshir S. Contractor750761.05
Saliya Ekanayake8909.34
Joshua M. Epstein929745.07
Brian J. Goode1031.79
Gizem Korkmaz119811.10
Chris J. Kuhlman1221625.03
Dustin Machi13615.88
Michael W. Macy145314.45
Madhav Marathe152775262.17
Naren Ramakrishnan161913176.25
S. S. Ravi172259227.21
Parang Saraf1815511.98
Nathan Self191019.65