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Growing polarisation around climate change on social media
Max Falkenberg, Alessandro Galeazzi, Maddalena Torricelli +8
Climate change and political polarisation are two of the 21st century's critical socio-political issues. Here, we investigate their intersection by studying the discussion around t…
Lack of evidence for correlation between COVID-19 infodemic and vaccine acceptance
Carlo M. Valensise, Matteo Cinelli, Matthieu Nadini +6
How information consumption affects behaviour is an open and widely debated research question. A popular hypothesis states that the so-called infodemic has a substantial impact on…
News consumption and social media regulations policy
Gabriele Etta, Matteo Cinelli, Alessandro Galeazzi +3
Users online tend to consume information adhering to their system of beliefs and to ignore dissenting information. During the COVID-19 pandemic, users get exposed to a massive amou…
Reliability of Content and Echo Chambers on YouTube during the COVID-19 Debate
Niccolò Di Marco, Matteo Cinelli, Walter Quattrociocchi
The spread of inaccurate and misleading information may alter behaviours and complicate crisis management, especially during an emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper aim…
Online Hate: Behavioural Dynamics and Relationship with Misinformation
Matteo Cinelli, Andraž Pelicon, Igor Mozetič +3
Online debates are often characterised by extreme polarisation and heated discussions among users. The presence of hate speech online is becoming increasingly problematic, making n…
Entropy and complexity unveil the landscape of memes evolution
Carlo Michele Valensise, Alessandra Serra, Alessandro Galeazzi +3
On the Internet, information circulates fast and widely, and the form of content adapts to comply with users' cognitive abilities. Memes are an emerging aspect of the internet syst…