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Purpose-The study complements the scant macroeconomic literature on the development outcomes of social media by examining the relationship between Facebook penetration and violent crime levels in a cross-section of 148 countries for the year 2012 ...
Asongu, Simplice+3 more
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Neutral bots probe political bias on social media
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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Right and left, partisanship predicts (asymmetric) vulnerability to misinformation
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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A language framework for modeling social media account behavior
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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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
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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Social Media and Social Media Marketing
Social media and social media marketing are sometimes used interchangeably, but two indeed are different. The purpose of this research paper is to revisit the literature on both concepts and correlates them in technical terminologies. We have studied the literature available on Social media first and identified the basic functionalities of it. Then the
Akash Jugal+3 more
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Does United Kingdom parliamentary attention follow social media posts?
News and social media play an important role in public political discourse. It is not clear what quantifiable relationships public discussions of politics have with official discourse within legislative bodies. In this study we present an analysis of how
John Bollenbacher+2 more
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In this chapter you will: 1) understand the dynamics of social media-based communities, their composition and behaviours 2) learn to conduct a social media audit including competitor analysis 3) recognise the importance of a blog as a centre of digital presence development 4) use amplification strategies to develop brand presence explore the concept of
Fenton, Alex+2 more
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Nearly five billion people around the world now use social media, and this number continues to grow. One of the primary goals of social media platforms is to capture and monetize human attention. One means by which individuals and groups can capture attention and drive engagement on these platforms is by sharing morally and emotionally evocative ...
Jay Joseph Van Bavel+4 more
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