5 papers
Urban mobility enables deprivation bubble breaking in Indian and Mexican cities
Yuan Liao, Federico Delussu, SÃlvia de Sojo +2
Urban deprivation is traditionally measured using static, residence-based indicators, capturing the socioeconomic, demographic, and spatial conditions of neighborhoods. However, th…
Mapping Regional Disparities in Discounted Grocery Products
Antonio Desiderio, Alessia Galdeman, Franziska Bauerlein +1
Food waste represents a major challenge to global climate resilience, accounting for almost 10% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. The retail sector is a critical player, mediatin…
Polarization and echo chambers in Reddit's political discourse
Daniele Cirulli, Antonio Desiderio, Giulio Cimini +1
Political debate nowadays takes place mainly on online social media, with election periods amplifying ideological engagement. Reddit is generally considered more resistant to polar…
Highly engaging events reveal semantic and temporal compression in online community discourse
Antonio Desiderio, Anna Mancini, Giulio Cimini +1
People nowadays express their opinions in online spaces, using different forms of interactions such as posting, sharing and discussing with one another. How do these digital traces…
The dynamics of the Reddit collective action leading to the GameStop short squeeze
Antonio Desiderio, Luca Maria Aiello, Giulio Cimini +1
In early 2021, the stock prices of GameStop, AMC, Nokia and BlackBerry experienced dramatic increases, triggered by short-squeeze operations that have been largely attributed to Re…