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Synthetic populations for epidemic, demographic and mobility modeling
Davide Torre, Miguel Artigues, Benjamin Faucher +7
Synthetic populations are essential for individual-based simulations, such as agent-based models, enabling the evaluation of policy interventions for epidemic control, demographic…
Rewarding Engagement and Personalization in Popularity-Based Rankings Amplifies Extremism and Polarization
Jacopo D'Ignazi, Emma Fraxanet Morales, Andreas Kaltenbrunner +3
Despite extensive research, the mechanisms through which online platforms shape extremism and polarization remain poorly understood. We identify and test a mechanism, grounded in e…
Beyond Sentiment: Examining the Role of Moral Foundations in User Engagement with News on Twitter
Jacopo D'Ignazi, Kyriaki Kalimeri, Mariano G. Beiró
This study uses sentiment analysis and the Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) to characterise news content in social media and examine its association with user engagement. We employ N…
Language-Agnostic Modeling of Source Reliability on Wikipedia
Jacopo D'Ignazi, Andreas Kaltenbrunner, Yelena Mejova +4
Over the last few years, verifying the credibility of information sources has become a fundamental need to combat disinformation. Here, we present a language-agnostic model designe…
Evidence of Demographic rather than Ideological Segregation in News Discussion on Reddit
Corrado Monti, Jacopo D'Ignazi, Michele Starnini +1
We evaluate homophily and heterophily among ideological and demographic groups in a typical opinion formation context: online discussions of current news. We analyze user interacti…
Moral Narratives Around the Vaccination Debate on Facebook
Mariano Gastón Beiró, Jacopo D'Ignazi, Maria Florencia Prado +2
Vaccine hesitancy is a complex issue with psychological, cultural, and even societal factors entangled in the decision-making process. The narrative around this process is captured…