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How Similar Are Elected Politicians and Their Constituents? Quantitative Evidence From Online Social Networks
Waleed Iqbal, Gareth Tyson, Ignacio Castro
How similar are politicians to those who vote for them? This is a critical question at the heart of democratic representation and particularly relevant at times when political diss…
Lady and the Tramp Nextdoor: Online Manifestations of Economic Inequalities in the Nextdoor Social Network
Waleed Iqbal, Vahid Ghafouri, Gareth Tyson +2
From health to education, income impacts a huge range of life choices. Earlier research has leveraged data from online social networks to study precisely this impact. In this paper…
A First Look at COVID-19 Messages on WhatsApp in Pakistan
R. Tallal Javed, Mirza Elaaf Shuja, Muhammad Usama +5
The worldwide spread of COVID-19 has prompted extensive online discussions, creating an `infodemic' on social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Twitter. However, the information…