Polarization and social media: A systematic review and research agenda

SD Arora, GP Singh, A Chakraborty, M Maity - … Forecasting and Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
The world of today presents a duality of phenomenal progress and persistent ills. Amid such
existential contradictions, public deliberation forms one of the central pillars of a functional …

A working definition of fake news

JP Baptista, A Gradim - Encyclopedia, 2022 - mdpi.com
Current literature on fake news is rather abundant and mainly focused on history, variety,
and types, rather than processes. This review draws on current literature to build a working …

The rise of hybrid diplomacy: From digital adaptation to digital adoption

C Bjola, I Manor - International Affairs, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced diplomats to embrace virtual platforms and to learn to
combine virtual and physical meetings in their work. In this article, we investigate how this …

Fake or real news? Understanding the gratifications and personality traits of individuals sharing fake news on social media platforms

B Sampat, S Raj - Aslib Journal of Information Management, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose “Fake news” or misinformation sharing using social media sites into public
discourse or politics has increased dramatically, over the last few years, especially in the …

Fake news on the internet: a literature review, synthesis and directions for future research

Y Wu, EWT Ngai, P Wu, C Wu - Internet Research, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The extensive distribution of fake news on the internet (FNI) has significantly
affected many lives. Although numerous studies have recently been conducted on this topic …

The affective algorithms of conspiracy TikTok

J Grandinetti, J Bruinsma - Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The initial optimism about the embedded and everyday integration of social media has, over
time, given way to pessimism via the acknowledgment of these platforms' role in the spread …

Dialog in the echo chamber: Fake news framing predicts emotion, argumentation and dialogic social knowledge building in subsequent online discussions

C Scheibenzuber, LM Neagu, S Ruseti… - Computers in Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
Disinformation currently floods the Internet worldwide and likely affects social knowledge
building in online communities. Strategic framing in the form of emotional, value, and …

Conspiracy beliefs, misinformation, social media platforms, and protest participation

S Boulianne, S Lee - Media and Communication, 2022 - cogitatiopress.com
Protest has long been associated with left-wing actors and left-wing causes. However, right-
wing actors also engage in protest. Are right-wing actors mobilized by the same factors as …

The influence of political ideology on fake news belief: The Portuguese case

JP Baptista, E Correia, A Gradim, V Piñeiro-Naval - Publications, 2021 - mdpi.com
The relationship between a subject's ideological persuasion with the belief and spread of
fake news is the object of our study. Departing from a left-vs. right-wing framework, a …

The effects of Facebook and Instagram on the 2020 election: A deactivation experiment

H Allcott, M Gentzkow, W Mason… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
We study the effect of Facebook and Instagram access on political beliefs, attitudes, and
behavior by randomizing a subset of 19,857 Facebook users and 15,585 Instagram users to …