There has been much concern that social media, in particular YouTube, may facilitate
radicalisation and polarisation of online audiences. This systematic review aimed to …

Easy access to equipment, software, and platforms to create, distribute, and provide access
to fake news stories has exacerbated the problem of fake news, making for a large number …

Algorithms and especially recommendation algorithms play an important role online, most
notably on YouTube. Yet, little is known about the network communities that these …

Political polarisation has become an increasingly alarming issue in society, exacerbated by
the widespread use of social media and the development of filter bubbles among social …

As governments, companies, and people around the world grapple with the challenges of
hate speech, terrorist propaganda, and disinformation online,“artificial intelligence”(AI) is …

Drawing on research from multiple disciplines and international case studies, this book
provides a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of online disinformation and its …

Background Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a concern that social
media may contribute to vaccine hesitancy due to the wide availability of antivaccine content …

For years, social media companies have sparred with lawmakers over how much
independent access to platform data they should provide researchers. Sharing data with …

Disinformation researchers have much to learn about the psychological factors that lead to
users' biases. The gap in users' new media literacy, along with personality traits, are factors …

This chapter examines the phenomenon of internet users attempting to report and prevent
online child sexual exploitation (CSE) and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in the …