Cashtag piggybacking: Uncovering spam and bot activity in stock microblogs on Twitter

S Cresci, F Lillo, D Regoli, S Tardelli… - ACM Transactions on the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Microblogs are increasingly exploited for predicting prices and traded volumes of stocks in
financial markets. However, it has been demonstrated that much of the content shared in …

Viral misinformation and echo chambers: The diffusion of rumors about genetically modified organisms on social media

X Wang, Y Song - Internet research, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The spread of rumors on social media has caused increasing concerns about an
under-informed or even misinformed public when it comes to scientific issues. However …

[HTML][HTML] Do Transactions on Social Trading Platforms Predict the Stock Market Behavior of the Aggregate Private Sector?

M Horn, J Schneider, A Oehler - Finance Research Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
We analyze the relation between virtual stock holding changes on a social trading platform
and stock holding changes of all private investors in a national economy. Our data sources …

I'll have what s/he's having: A case study of a social trading network

M Pelster - ICIS 2017 Proceedings, 2017 - papers.ssrn.com
Opinion leaders of an investment network can have a significant impact on capital markets
because their investment decisions are adopted by their peers and trigger large trading …

Swarm intelligence? Stock opinions of the crowd and stock returns

B Breitmayer, F Massari, M Pelster - International Review of Economics & …, 2019 - Elsevier
We find that crowds' analyses of stocks, disclosed on a social investment platform, provide
explanatory power for stock returns. Exploiting a novel dataset that contains more than 14.9 …

Decoding the Sociotechnical Dimensions of Digital Misinformation: A Comprehensive Literature Review

AA Puska, LA Baroni, R Pereira - arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.11853, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper presents a systematic literature review in Computer Science that provide an
overview of the initiatives related to digital misinformation. This is an exploratory study that …

Is your digital neighbor a reliable investment advisor?

D Kawai, A Cuevas, B Routledge, K Soska… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The web and social media platforms have drastically changed how investors produce and
consume financial advice. Historically, individual investors were often relying on newsletters …

[HTML][HTML] Market and regulatory implications of social identity cohorts: a discussion of crypto influencers

AD Jagolinzer - Review of Accounting Studies, 2024 - Springer
Merkley et al. examine how cryptocurrency influencers recommend digital coins on Twitter
(X) and the associated price effects. They report that influencers may exploit market …

Swarm intelligence? Stock opinions of the crowd and stock returns

M Pelster, B Breitmayer, F Massari - INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF …, 2016 - cris.unibo.it
We find that crowds' analyses of stocks, disclosed on a social trading platform, provide
explanatory power for stock returns. Exploiting a novel dataset that contains more than 14.9 …

Optimal echo chambers

G Martinez, NH Tenev - arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.01249, 2020 - arxiv.org
When learning from others, people often focus their attention on those with similar views.
This is often attributed to flawed reasoning, and thought to slow learning and polarize …