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most citedStudying Fake News Spreading, Polarisation Dynamics, and Manipulation by Bots: a Tale of Networks and Language

92 citations · 467 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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20 papers

cs.CY2025

(De)-Indexing and the Right to be Forgotten

Salvatore Vilella, Giancarlo Ruffo

In the digital age, the challenge of forgetfulness has emerged as a significant concern, particularly regarding the management of personal data and its accessibility online. The ri…

cs.SI2023

Anomaly detection in cross-country money transfer temporal networks

Salvatore Vilella, Arthur Thomas Edward Capozzi Lupi, Marco Fornasiero +4

This paper explores anomaly detection through temporal network analysis. Unlike many conventional methods, relying on rule-based algorithms or general machine learning approaches,…

cs.SI2022★ 3 cited

Analyzing and visualizing polarization and balance with signed networks: the U.S. Congress case study

Arthur Capozzi, Alfonso Semeraro, Giancarlo Ruffo

Signed networks and balance theory provide a natural setting for real-world scenarios that show polarization dynamics, positive/negative relationships, and political partisanship.…

cs.SI2022★ 5 cited

Reconciling the Quality vs Popularity Dichotomy in Online Cultural Markets

Rossano Gaeta, Michele Garetto, Giancarlo Ruffo +1

We propose a simple model of an idealized online cultural market in which items, endowed with a hidden quality metric, are recommended to users by a ranking algorithm possibly…

physics.soc-ph2022★ 6 cited

Ensemble of Opinion Dynamics Models to Understand the Role of the Undecided in the Vaccination Debate

Jacopo Lenti, Giancarlo Ruffo

We present three models used to describe the recruitment of the undecided population by pro-vax and no-vax factions. Starting from real-world data of Facebook pages, we compare thr…

cs.CY2022★ 33 cited

Writing about COVID-19 vaccines: Emotional profiling unravels how mainstream and alternative press framed AstraZeneca, Pfizer and vaccination campaigns

Alfonso Semeraro, Salvatore Vilella, Giancarlo Ruffo +1

Since their announcement in November 2020, COVID-19 vaccines were largely debated by the press and social media. With most studies focusing on COVID-19 disinformation in social med…