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20232025
most citedIdeology and polarization set the agenda on social media

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

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6 papers

cs.SI2025★ 1 cited

Towards global equity in political polarization research

Max Falkenberg, Matteo Cinelli, Alessandro Galeazzi +18

With a folk understanding that political polarization refers to socio-political divisions within a society, many have proclaimed that we are more divided than ever. In this account…

cs.SI2024★ 9 cited

Ideology and polarization set the agenda on social media

Edoardo Loru, Alessandro Galeazzi, Anita Bonetti +6

The abundance of information on social media has reshaped public discussions, shifting attention to the mechanisms that drive online discourse. This study analyzes large-scale Twit…

cs.SI2024★ 1 cited

Sampled Datasets Risk Substantial Bias in the Identification of Political Polarization on Social Media

Gabriele Di Bona, Emma Fraxanet, Björn Komander +5

Following recent policy changes by X (Twitter) and other social media platforms, user interaction data has become increasingly difficult to access. These restrictions are impeding…

cs.SI2024

How Language, Culture, and Geography shape Online Dialogue: Insights from Koo

Amin Mekacher, Max Falkenberg, Andrea Baronchelli

Koo is a microblogging platform based in India launched in 2020 with the explicit aim of catering to non-Western communities in their vernacular languages. With a near-complete dat…

cs.SI2024

The Koo Dataset: An Indian Microblogging Platform With Global Ambitions

Amin Mekacher, Max Falkenberg, Andrea Baronchelli

Increasingly, alternative platforms are playing a key role in the social media ecosystem. Koo, a microblogging platform based in India, has emerged as a major new social network ho…

physics.soc-ph2023★ 1 cited

Affective and interactional polarization align across countries

Max Falkenberg, Fabiana Zollo, Walter Quattrociocchi +2

Political polarization plays a pivotal and potentially harmful role in a democracy. However, existing studies are often limited to a single country and one form of polarization, hi…