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Parasocial diffusion: K-pop fandoms help drive COVID-19 public health messaging on social media
Ho-Chun Herbert Chang, Becky Pham, Emilio Ferrara
We examine an unexpected but significant source of positive public health messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic -- K-pop fandoms. Leveraging more than 7 million tweets related to…
Targeted Ads and/as Racial Discrimination: Exploring Trends in New York City Ads for College Scholarships
Ho-Chun Herbert Chang, Matt Bui, Charlton McIlwain
This paper uses and recycles data from a third-party digital marketing firm, to explore how targeted ads contribute to larger systems of racial discrimination. Focusing on a case s…
Social Bots and Social Media Manipulation in 2020: The Year in Review
Ho-Chun Herbert Chang, Emily Chen, Meiqing Zhang +2
The year 2020 will be remembered for two events of global significance: the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. In this chapter, we summarize recent studies usin…
Tracking e-cigarette warning label compliance on Instagram with deep learning
Chris J. Kennedy, Julia Vassey, Ho-Chun Herbert Chang +2
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) requires that e-cigarette advertisements include a prominent warning label that reminds consumers that nicotine is addictive. However, the…