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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.…
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…
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…
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…