Reviewing Interventions to Address Misinformation: The Need to Expand Our Vision Beyond an Individualistic Focus

Z Aghajari, EPS Baumer, D DiFranzo - … of the ACM on Human-Computer …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Prior work has identified a variety of factors that drive the way people identify and respond to
misinformation. Such factors include confirmation bias, perceived credibility of the …

Propaganda and misinformation on Facebook and Twitter during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

F Pierri, L Luceri, N Jindal, E Ferrara - Proceedings of the 15th ACM web …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Online social media represent an oftentimes unique source of information, and having
access to reliable and unbiased content is crucial, especially during crises and contentious …

# RoeOverturned: Twitter Dataset on the Abortion Rights Controversy

RC Chang, A Rao, Q Zhong, M Wojcieszak… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - ojs.aaai.org
Abstract On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned landmark rulings
made in its 1973 verdict in Roe v. Wade. The justices by way of a majority vote in Dobbs v …

[HTML][HTML] Social media polarization and echo chambers in the context of COVID-19: Case study

J Jiang, X Ren, E Ferrara - JMIRx med, 2021 - xmed.jmir.org
Background: Social media chatter in 2020 has been largely dominated by the COVID-19
pandemic. Existing research shows that COVID-19 discourse is highly politicized, with …

[HTML][HTML] Social media information literacy: Conceptualization and associations with information overload, news avoidance and conspiracy mentality

R Heiss, A Nanz, J Matthes - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we present a novel scale for measuring social media information literacy (SMIL)
that encompasses six sub-dimensions: navigation, curation, appraisal, comprehension …

How does Twitter account moderation work? Dynamics of account creation and suspension on Twitter during major geopolitical events

F Pierri, L Luceri, E Chen, E Ferrara - EPJ Data Science, 2023 - epjds.epj.org
Social media moderation policies are often at the center of public debate, and their
implementation and enactment are sometimes surrounded by a veil of mystery …

How disinformation operations against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny influence the international audience on Twitter

I Alieva, JD Moffitt, KM Carley - Social Network Analysis and Mining, 2022 - Springer
Previous research dedicated a lot of effort to investigation of the activities of the Internet
Research Agency, a Russia-based troll factory, as well as other information operations …

[HTML][HTML] Social media misinformation about pregnancy and COVID-19 vaccines: A systematic review

M Malik, N Bauer-Maison, G Guarna… - Medical Principles and …, 2024 - karger.com
Objective: The objectives of this study were to identify common social media misconceptions
about COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy, explain the spread of misinformation, and …

Network amplification of politicized information and misinformation about COVID-19 by conservative media and partisan influencers on Twitter

Y Zhang, F Chen, J Lukito - Political Communication, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Social media amplification is both a mechanism to attract public attention and a process of
information diffusion shaped by the online social network structure. This study focuses on …

Partisan asymmetries in exposure to misinformation

A Rao, F Morstatter, K Lerman - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Online misinformation is believed to have contributed to vaccine hesitancy during the Covid-
19 pandemic, highlighting concerns about social media's destabilizing role in public life …