20.500.12556/DKUM-88615 The formation of political discussion networks Dialogues among politicians provide a window into political landscapes and relations among parties and nations. Existing research has focused on the outcomes of such dialogues and on the structure of social networks on which they take place. Little is known, however, about how political discussion networks form and which are the main driving forces behind their formation. We study a collection of ego-networks from 30 randomly sampled Romanian politicians to reveal fundamental processes behind the formation of political discussion networks. We show that ties in such networks tend to be strong and balanced, and that their organization is not affected by sex, age or education homophily. We use the exponential family of random graph models for small networks to assess likely closure mechanisms and possible homophily effects, but we note that further research and additional data are needed to fully understand the impact of context and political affiliations on the generalization of our findings. political discussion homophily exponential random graphs social physics politična diskusija homofilija eksponentno naključni grafi fizika družbe true true true The Royal Society Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2024-05-16 03:13:43 2024-09-20 12:34:28 2024-09-21 03:13:34 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 str. 1-15 iss. 1 Vol. 9 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2021-10-14 2021-12-24 2022-01-26 53 95174915 10.1098/rsos.211609 2054-5703 RAZ_Hancean_Marian-Gabriel_2022.pdf RAZ_Hancean_Marian-Gabriel_2022.pdf 1 27C618E66821C0D01BD4A0426578FF4D 55f87e8c58f63b35c0b16f69ed4c079475ca2cdf10876ea2de5154a01549a8c3 e2ed5ec4-773a-11ef-9603-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=185568 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211609 0 0315e1fa-773b-11ef-9603-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=185569 Fakulteta za naravoslovje in matematiko 0 0 0