6 papers
One country, multiple portraits: representativeness in GPS-based mobility data is source-specific and spatially dependent
Carmen Cabrera, Francisco Rowe, Miguel González-Leonardo +3
Anonymised GPS-based mobile phone data are increasingly used to estimate population distribution and human mobility, supporting applications across disaster response, public health…
Interplay between social contact and media exposure in the overestimation of racial diversity in the U.S
Clara Eminente, Henrik Olsson, Ljubica Nedelkoska +3
The general population systematically overestimates the size of minority groups, yet how these misperceptions vary across racial groups and geographical scales remains poorly under…
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,…
Data Bias in Human Mobility is a Universal Phenomenon but is Highly Location-specific
Katinka den Nijs, Elisa Omodei, Vedran Sekara
Large-scale human mobility datasets play increasingly critical roles in many algorithmic systems, business processes and policy decisions. Unfortunately there has been little focus…
Behavioral response to mobile phone evacuation alerts
Erick Elejalde, Timur Naushirvanov, Kyriaki Kalimeri +4
This study examines behavioral responses to mobile phone evacuation alerts during the February 2024 wildfires in ValparaÃso, Chile. Using anonymized mobile network data from 580,0…
The Role of Science in the Climate Change Discussions on Reddit
Paolo Cornale, Michele Tizzani, Fabio Ciulla +4
Collective and individual action necessary to address climate change hinges on the public's understanding of the relevant scientific findings. In this study, we examine the use of…