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Information Consumption and Social Response in a Segregated Environment: the Case of Gab
Gabriele Etta, Alessandro Galeazzi, Matteo Cinelli +2
Most of the information operations involve users who may foster polarization and distrust toward science and mainstream journalism, without these users being conscious of their rol…
Human Mobility in Response to COVID-19 in France, Italy and UK
Alessandro Galeazzi, Matteo Cinelli, Giovanni Bonaccorsi +5
The policies implemented to hinder the COVID-19 outbreak represent one of the largest critical events in history. The understanding of this process is fundamental for crafting and…
Echo Chambers on Social Media: A comparative analysis
Matteo Cinelli, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales, Alessandro Galeazzi +2
Recent studies have shown that online users tend to select information adhering to their system of beliefs, ignore information that does not, and join groups - i.e., echo chambers…
Evidence of economic segregation from mobility lockdown during COVID-19 epidemic
Giovanni Bonaccorsi, Francesco Pierri, Matteo Cinelli +8
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, National governments have applied lockdown restrictions to reduce the infection rate. We perform a massive analysis on near real-time Italian…
Time, Space and Social Interactions: Exit Mechanisms for the Covid-19 Epidemics
Antonio Scala, Andrea Flori, Alessandro Spelta +4
We develop a minimalist compartmental model to study the impact of mobility restrictions in Italy during the Covid-19 outbreak. We show that an early lockdown shifts the epidemic i…
The COVID-19 Social Media Infodemic
Matteo Cinelli, Walter Quattrociocchi, Alessandro Galeazzi +6
We address the diffusion of information about the COVID-19 with a massive data analysis on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit and Gab. We analyze engagement and interest in the CO…