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The COVID-19 social media infodemic [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2020 We address the diffusion of information about the COVID-19 with a massive data analysis on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit and Gab. We analyze engagement and interest in the COVID-19 topic and provide a differential assessment on the evolution of the
Matteo Cinelli +8 more
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The echo chamber effect on social media
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021 Significance We explore the key differences between the main social media platforms and how they are likely to influence information spreading and the formation of echo chambers. To assess the different dynamics, we perform a comparative analysis on more
Matteo Cinelli +4 more
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Social media influencer marketing: foundations, trends, and ways forward
Electronic Commerce Research, 2023 The increasing use and effectiveness of social media influencers in marketing have intrigued both academic scholars and industry professionals. To shed light on the foundations and trends of this contemporary phenomenon, this study undertakes a ...
Y. Joshi +3 more
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Neutral bots probe political bias on social media
Nature Communications, 2021 Social media platforms moderating misinformation have been accused of political bias. Here, the authors use neutral social bots to show that, while there is no strong evidence for such a bias, the content to which Twitter users are exposed depends ...
Wen Chen +3 more
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Fake news, disinformation and misinformation in social media: a review
Social Network Analysis and Mining, 2023 Online social networks (OSNs) are rapidly growing and have become a huge source of all kinds of global and local news for millions of users. However, OSNs are a double-edged sword.
Esma Aïmeur +2 more
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Right and left, partisanship predicts (asymmetric) vulnerability to misinformation
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, 2021 We analyze the relationship between partisanship, echo chambers, and vulnerability to online misinformation by studying news sharing behavior on Twitter.
Dimitar Nikolov +2 more
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The Role of Social Media in Shaping Public Opinion and Its Influence on Economic Decisions
Technology and Society Perspectives (TACIT), 2023 Social media has become an integral part of modern society's daily life. With the rapid development of information and communication technology, social media platforms have changed the way people interact, share information, and express their views.
Abu Muna Almaududi Ausat
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A language framework for modeling social media account behavior
EPJ Data Science, 2023 Malicious actors exploit social media to inflate stock prices, sway elections, spread misinformation, and sow discord. To these ends, they employ tactics that include the use of inauthentic accounts and campaigns. Methods to detect these abuses currently
Alexander C. Nwala +2 more
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Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, 2021 We analyze the spread of Donald Trump’s tweets that were flagged by Twitter using two intervention strategies—attaching a warning label and blocking engagement with the tweet entirely.
Zeve Sanderson +4 more
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Online misinformation is linked to early COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and refusal
Scientific Reports, 2022 Widespread uptake of vaccines is necessary to achieve herd immunity. However, uptake rates have varied across U.S. states during the first six months of the COVID-19 vaccination program.
Francesco Pierri +6 more
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