4 papers
Political Biases on X before the 2025 German Federal Election
Tabia Tanzin Prama, Chhandak Bagchi, Vishal Kalakonnavar +2
This study examines whether German X users would see politically balanced news feeds if they followed comparable leading politicians from each federal parliamentary party of German…
Social media algorithms can curb misinformation, but do they?
Chhandak Bagchi, Filippo Menczer, Jennifer Lundquist +3
A recent article in by Guess et al. estimated the effect of Facebook's news feed algorithm on exposure to misinformation and political information among Facebook…
Effects of Research Paper Promotion via ArXiv and X
Chhandak Bagchi, Eric Malmi, Przemyslaw Grabowicz
In the evolving landscape of scientific publishing, it is important to understand the drivers of high-impact research, to equip scientists with actionable strategies to enhance the…
Analyzing and Estimating Support for U.S. Presidential Candidates in Twitter Polls
Stephen Scarano, Vijayalakshmi Vasudevan, Chhandak Bagchi +3
Polls posted on social media have emerged in recent years as an important tool for estimating public opinion, e.g., to gauge public support for business decisions and political can…