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How the cascade inference problem distorts information diffusion
Matthew R. DeVerna, Francesco Pierri, Rachith Aiyappa +3
To analyze the flow of information online, experts often rely on platform-provided data from social media companies, which typically attribute all resharing actions to an original…
Effects of Antivaccine Tweets on COVID-19 Vaccinations, Cases, and Deaths
John Bollenbacher, Filippo Menczer, John Bryden
Despite the wide availability of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States and their effectiveness in reducing hospitalizations and mortality during the pandemic, a majority of Americ…
One Year of COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation on Twitter: Longitudinal Study
Francesco Pierri, Matthew R. DeVerna, Kai-Cheng Yang +3
Vaccinations play a critical role in mitigating the impact of COVID-19 and other diseases. This study explores COVID-19 vaccine misinformation circulating on Twitter during 2021, w…
Identifying and characterizing superspreaders of low-credibility content on Twitter
Matthew R. DeVerna, Rachith Aiyappa, Diogo Pacheco +2
The world's digital information ecosystem continues to struggle with the spread of misinformation. Prior work has suggested that users who consistently disseminate a disproportiona…
Online misinformation is linked to early COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and refusal
Francesco Pierri, Brea Perry, Matthew R. DeVerna +4
Widespread uptake of vaccines is necessary to achieve herd immunity. However, uptake rates have varied across U.S. states during the first six months of the COVID-19 vaccination pr…
CoVaxxy: A Collection of English-language Twitter Posts About COVID-19 Vaccines
Matthew R. DeVerna, Francesco Pierri, Bao Tran Truong +7
With a substantial proportion of the population currently hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine, it is important that people have access to accurate information. However, there is…