4 papers
Collaboration, Integration, and Thematic Exploration in European Framework Programmes: A Longitudinal Network Analysis
Veronica Orsanigo, Thomas Louf, Eleonora Andreotti +3
Since their inception in 1984, the European Framework Programmes (FPs) have funded collaborative R&D to promote excellence, cohesion, and competitiveness in a growing European Unio…
Socioeconomic Determinants of the COVID-19 Infodemic
Anna Bertani, Alessandro Cortese, Federico Pilati +2
The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by an infodemic of misinformation that impedes effective public health responses. This study examines relationships between socioeconomic…
Mapping the interaction between science and misinformation in COVID-19 tweets
Lucila G. Alvarez-Zuzek, Juan P. Bascur, Anna Bertani +2
During the COVID-19 pandemic, scientific knowledge evolved rapidly, accompanied by a surge of misinformation, labelled an infodemic by the WHO. In this context, we study the intera…
Quantifying the impact of persuasiveness, cautiousness and prior beliefs in (mis)information sharing on online social networks using Drift Diffusion Models
Lucila G. Alvarez-Zuzek, Lucio La Cava, Jelena Grujic +1
Misleading newsletters can shape individuals' perceptions, and pose a threat to societies; as we witnessed by lowering the severity of follow-up stay-at-home orders and burdening a…