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Exposing the Obscured Influence of State-Controlled Media: A Causal Estimation of Influence Between Media Outlets Via Quotation Propagation
Joseph Schlessinger, Richard Bennet, Jacob Coakwell +2
This study quantifies influence between media outlets by applying a novel methodology that uses causal effect estimation on networks and transformer language models. We demonstrate…
Automatic Detection of Influential Actors in Disinformation Networks
Steven T. Smith, Edward K. Kao, Erika D. Mackin +3
The weaponization of digital communications and social media to conduct disinformation campaigns at immense scale, speed, and reach presents new challenges to identify and counter…
Influence Estimation on Social Media Networks Using Causal Inference
Steven T. Smith, Edward K. Kao, Danelle C. Shah +2
Estimating influence on social media networks is an important practical and theoretical problem, especially because this new medium is widely exploited as a platform for disinforma…