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Viral Misinformation: The Role of Homophily and Polarization
Aris Anagnostopoulos, Alessandro Bessi, Guido Caldarelli +5
The spreading of unsubstantiated rumors on online social networks (OSN) either unintentionally or intentionally (e.g., for political reasons or even trolling) can have serious cons…
Reconstructing topological properties of complex networks using the fitness model
Giulio Cimini, Tiziano Squartini, Nicolò Musmeci +5
A major problem in the study of complex socioeconomic systems is represented by privacy issuesthat can put severe limitations on the amount of accessible information, forcing to…
Social determinants of content selection in the age of (mis)information
Alessandro Bessi, Guido Caldarelli, Michela Del Vicario +2
Despite the enthusiastic rhetoric about the so called \emph{collective intelligence}, conspiracy theories -- e.g. global warming induced by chemtrails or the link between vaccines…
Science vs Conspiracy: collective narratives in the age of (mis)information
Alessandro Bessi, Mauro Coletto, George Alexandru Davidescu +3
The large availability of user provided contents on online social media facilitates people aggregation around common interests, worldviews and narratives. However, in spite of the…