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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The COVID-19 Social Media Infodemic
Matteo Cinelli, Walter Quattrociocchi, Alessandro Galeazzi +6
We address the diffusion of information about the COVID-19 with a massive data analysis on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit and Gab. We analyze engagement and interest in the CO…
The Limited Reach of Fake News on Twitter during 2019 European Elections
Matteo Cinelli, Stefano Cresci, Alessandro Galeazzi +2
The advent of social media changed the way we consume content favoring a disintermediated access and production. This scenario has been matter of critical discussion about its impa…