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most citedRihanna versus Bollywood: Twitter Influencers and the Indian Farmers' Protest

8 citations · 12 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cs.CY2025

Generative Propaganda

Madeleine I. G. Daepp, Alejandro Cuevas, Robert Osazuwa Ness +6

Generative propaganda is the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to shape public opinion. To characterize its use in real-world settings, we conducted interviews with de…

cs.SI2022★ 1 cited

Database of Indian Social Media Influencers on Twitter

Arshia Arya, Soham De, Dibyendu Mishra +12

Databases of highly networked individuals have been indispensable in studying narratives and influence on social media. To support studies on Twitter in India, we present a systema…

cs.SI2021

Insights Into Incitement: A Computational Perspective on Dangerous Speech on Twitter in India

Saloni Dash, Rynaa Grover, Gazal Shekhawat +3

Dangerous speech on social media platforms can be framed as blatantly inflammatory, or be couched in innuendo. It is also centrally tied to who engages it - it can be driven by ope…

cs.SI2021★ 2 cited

Sporting the government: Twitter as a window into sportspersons' engagement with causes in India and USA

Dibyendu Mishra, Ronojoy Sen, Joyojeet Pal

With the ubiquitous reach of social media, influencers are increasingly central to articulation of political agendas on a range of topics. We curate a sample of tweets from the 200…

cs.SI2021★ 1 cited

Divided We Rule: Influencer Polarization on Twitter During Political Crises in India

Saloni Dash, Dibyendu Mishra, Gazal Shekhawat +1

Influencers are key to the nature and networks of information propagation on social media. Influencers are particularly important in political discourse through their engagement wi…

cs.SI2021★ 8 cited

Rihanna versus Bollywood: Twitter Influencers and the Indian Farmers' Protest

Dibyendu Mishra, Syeda Zainab Akbar, Arshia Arya +3

A tweet from popular entertainer and businesswoman, Rihanna, bringing attention to farmers' protests around Delhi set off heightened activity on Indian social media. An immediate c…