Paper 1
Bounding the external field in mean-field opinion dynamics
The theory: the minimum strength any measure of media content must reach before it can tip opinion in the model.
Research
Measuring the External Field
A cortical-proxy content observable and the mean-field bound on media-driven opinion change. B.Sc. Physics dissertation, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, 2026. Brian Mwai, supervised by Dr. Songa Mutambi.
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The full dissertation is held by The Catholic University of Eastern Africa Library.
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Three papers, in review
Written with Dr. Songa Mutambi and currently under review before journal submission.
Paper 2
A cortical-proxy observable for emotionally manipulative media
The instrument: the score, the 400-article corpus, and the bound it yields.
Paper 3
What does a released average-subject brain encoder actually predict?
The check: how closely the brain model tracks real brain recordings, and three silent failures to avoid.
See the measurements behind the dissertation, article by article.
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