Abstract [Update: An updated version of this working papers has been published in 2016 by
Journal of Information Technology & Politics under the title" Twitter use in election …

The methodological tool chest available to those who study digital technologies ranges from
those that are uniquely digital methods to approaches that are well established in the social …

Research suggests that fact checking corrections have only a limited impact on the spread of
false rumors. However, research has not considered that fact-checking may be socially …

The consequences of anthropogenic climate change are extensively debated through
scientific papers, newspaper articles, and blogs. Newspaper articles may lack accuracy …

There is little doubt about whether social networks play a role in modern protests. This
agreement has triggered an entire research avenue, in which social structure and content …

In this article, we examine the relationship between metrics documenting politics-related
Twitter activity with election results and trends in opinion polls. Various studies have …

“Media events” generate conditions of shared attention as many users simultaneously tune
in with the dual screens of broadcast and social media to view and participate. We examine …

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 …

Twitter provides a useful tool for studying public conversations about climate change, an
issue that crosses international boundaries and stirs political and scientific debate. This …

Silent users often constitute a significant proportion of an online user-generated content
system. In the context of social media such as Twitter, users can opt to be silent all or most of …