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Platform Sorting Drives Ideological Fragmentation in the Social Media Ecosystem
Edoardo Di Martino, Alessandro Galeazzi, Matteo Cinelli +2
Ideological asymmetries in online political communication are often studied as localized phenomena emerging within communities. Here, we show that fragmentation instead operates at…
Disc-Cover Complexity Trends in Music Illustrations from Sinatra to Swift
Nicolas Fracaro, Stefano Cecconello, Mauro Conti +2
The study of art evolution has provided valuable insights into societal change, often revealing long-term patterns of simplification and transformation. Album covers represent a di…
Involvement drives complexity of language in online debates
Eleonora Amadori, Daniele Cirulli, Edoardo Di Martino +7
Language is a fundamental aspect of human societies, continuously evolving in response to various stimuli, including societal changes and intercultural interactions. Technological…
Towards global equity in political polarization research
Max Falkenberg, Matteo Cinelli, Alessandro Galeazzi +18
With a folk understanding that political polarization refers to socio-political divisions within a society, many have proclaimed that we are more divided than ever. In this account…
Decoding Musical Evolution Through Network Science
Niccolo' Di Marco, Edoardo Loru, Alessandro Galeazzi +2
Music has always been central to human culture, reflecting and shaping traditions, emotions, and societal changes. Technological advancements have transformed how music is created…
Ideology and polarization set the agenda on social media
Edoardo Loru, Alessandro Galeazzi, Anita Bonetti +6
The abundance of information on social media has reshaped public discussions, shifting attention to the mechanisms that drive online discourse. This study analyzes large-scale Twit…
Ideological Fragmentation of the Social Media Ecosystem: From echo chambers to echo platforms
Edoardo Di Martino, Alessandro Galeazzi, Michele Starnini +2
The entertainment-driven nature of social media encourages users to engage with like-minded individuals and consume content aligned with their beliefs, limiting exposure to diverse…
Revealing The Secret Power: How Algorithms Can Influence Content Visibility on Twitter/X
Alessandro Galeazzi, Pujan Paudel, Mauro Conti +2
In recent years, the opaque design and the limited public understanding of social networks' recommendation algorithms have raised concerns about potential manipulation of informati…
Easy-access online social media metrics are associated with misinformation sharing activity
Júlia Számely, Alessandro Galeazzi, Júlia Koltai +1
Misinformation poses a significant challenge studied extensively by researchers, yet acquiring data to identify primary sharers is time-consuming and challenging. To address this,…
Sampled Datasets Risk Substantial Bias in the Identification of Political Polarization on Social Media
Gabriele Di Bona, Emma Fraxanet, Björn Komander +5
Following recent policy changes by X (Twitter) and other social media platforms, user interaction data has become increasingly difficult to access. These restrictions are impeding…
News and Misinformation Consumption in Europe: A Longitudinal Cross-Country Perspective
Anees Baqir, Alessandro Galeazzi, Fabiana Zollo
The Internet and social media have transformed news availability and accessibility, reshaping information consumption and production. However, they can also facilitate the rapid sp…
Cross-Platform Social Dynamics: An Analysis of ChatGPT and COVID-19 Vaccine Conversations
Shayan Alipour, Alessandro Galeazzi, Emanuele Sangiorgio +4
The role of social media in information dissemination and agenda-setting has significantly expanded in recent years. By offering real-time interactions, online platforms have becom…
Social media polarization reflects shifting political alliances in Pakistan
Anees Baqir, Alessandro Galeazzi, Andrea Drocco +1
The rise of ideological divides in public discourse has received considerable attention in recent years. However, much of this research has been concentrated on Western democratic…
Beyond Active Engagement: The Significance of Lurkers in a Polarized Twitter Debate
Anees Baqir, Yijing Chen, Fernando Diaz-Diaz +6
The emergence of new public forums in the shape of online social media has introduced unprecedented challenges to public discourse, including polarization, misinformation, and the…
Hurricanes Increase Climate Change Conversations on Twitter
Maddalena Torricelli, Max Falkenberg, Alessandro Galeazzi +3
The public understanding of climate change plays a critical role in translating climate science into climate action. In the public discourse, climate impacts are often discussed in…
Unveiling the Hidden Agenda: Biases in News Reporting and Consumption
Alessandro Galeazzi, Antonio Peruzzi, Emanuele Brugnoli +2
One of the most pressing challenges in the digital media landscape is understanding the impact of biases on the news sources that people rely on for information. Biased news can ha…
Growing polarisation around climate change on social media
Max Falkenberg, Alessandro Galeazzi, Maddalena Torricelli +8
Climate change and political polarisation are two of the 21st century's critical socio-political issues. Here, we investigate their intersection by studying the discussion around t…
Shifting Polarization and Twitter News Influencers between two U.S. Presidential Elections
James Flamino, Alessandro Galezzi, Stuart Feldman +7
Social media are decentralized, interactive, and transformative, empowering users to produce and spread information to influence others. This has changed the dynamics of political…
Lack of evidence for correlation between COVID-19 infodemic and vaccine acceptance
Carlo M. Valensise, Matteo Cinelli, Matthieu Nadini +6
How information consumption affects behaviour is an open and widely debated research question. A popular hypothesis states that the so-called infodemic has a substantial impact on…
News consumption and social media regulations policy
Gabriele Etta, Matteo Cinelli, Alessandro Galeazzi +3
Users online tend to consume information adhering to their system of beliefs and to ignore dissenting information. During the COVID-19 pandemic, users get exposed to a massive amou…
Entropy and complexity unveil the landscape of memes evolution
Carlo Michele Valensise, Alessandra Serra, Alessandro Galeazzi +3
On the Internet, information circulates fast and widely, and the form of content adapts to comply with users' cognitive abilities. Memes are an emerging aspect of the internet syst…
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…