{"id":17,"date":"2026-01-07T16:20:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:47:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:47:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div  class='avia-slideshow av-ml6pp137-59bb2026cfe11bea792ec5a1279daa5d avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full avia-slide-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 21.428571428571%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-ml6pp137-59bb2026cfe11bea792ec5a1279daa5d__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-71 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-71\"  src=\"https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/01\/banner-cobcod.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"300\" title='banner cobcod' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/01\/banner-cobcod.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/01\/banner-cobcod-300x64.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/01\/banner-cobcod-1030x221.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/01\/banner-cobcod-768x165.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/01\/banner-cobcod-705x151.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-17'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-eoy-56579a3d67f5fafb3609d8f73017cf14 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow_full  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ml6ppd36-0255bfc768d412a3d52f6e20cbfe4150 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"western\" lang=\"es-ES\"><span lang=\"en-US\">COBCOD team is composed of researchers of different disciplines that have a long expertise in the study of the formation and diffusion of opinion both at the individual level and at the level of society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"es-ES\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The leading hypothesis of the project is <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif\"><span lang=\"en-US\">that the global effects seen in online social networks (herding, polarization, echo chambers, etc.) are driven by well-known cognitive biases. Due to the unique features of online platforms\u2014such as high diffusion speed, selective exposure, message size limitations, and potential algorithmic biases\u2014these biases significantly shape interaction dynamics within the network, leading to phenomena not observed offline. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"es-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The amplification of cognitive biases through online interactions can drive large-scale collective shifts, distorting individuals\u2019 perceptions of both the world and themselves as social beings. For example, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>confirmation bias<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> leads people to ignore contradictory information and focus on content that reinforces their views. This bias plays a central role in the formation of \u201cecho chambers\u201d\u2014online groups with similar opinions that have minimal or conflictual interactions with outsiders, further reinforcing and radicalizing their beliefs. Another key example is <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>negativity bias<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif\"><span lang=\"en-US\">, our tendency to focus more on negative events than positive ones. In the intense competition for attention on social networks, this bias is heavily exploited, shifting social attention disproportionately toward negative events, which can significantly impact users&#8217; worldviews and well-being. A third example is the rise in collective harassment cases on social media, where individuals are aggressively targeted. This may stem from <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>in-group preferences or self-enhancement biases<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> that, when amplified through repeated online interactions, become distorted and intensified.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"es-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>COBCOD\u2019s primary objective is to better understand how cognitive biases are amplified and potentially altered through repeated online interactions.<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> Specifically, we seek to identify the mechanisms driving the emergence of dynamic patterns unique to online environments and explore how these collective dynamics, in turn, influence individuals. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"es-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Our second objective is to investigate strategies for mitigating these effects <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif\"><span lang=\"en-US\">and test them through models and experiments. We will explore two approaches: examining how users behave when informed about cognitive biases and their effects, and assessing the impact of modifications to the user interface during online interactions. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"es-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif\"><span lang=\"en-US\">To achieve these objectives, we believe that a synergy of multiple approaches is essential. This includes individual-based modeling, complex computer simulations using both standard and generative agent-based models (ABM and G-ABM) to study the effects of biased agents in online networks, theoretical analysis of emergent phenomena, large-scale social network data analysis, online experiments with volunteer users, and fully controlled laboratory experiments. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"es-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Each of these methods plays a crucial role, but none is sufficient on its own. Their successful implementation requires the joint expertise of different specialists within the team. The structure of COBCOD is designed to integrate these approaches throughout the project, ensuring they complement and enrich one another.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iscpif.fr\/cobcod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}