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Social Media Engagement and Cryptocurrency Performance
Khizar Qureshi, Tauhid Zaman
We study the problem of predicting the future performance of cryptocurrencies using social media data. We propose a new model to measure the engagement of users with topics discuss…
Bots, Disinformation, and the First Trump Impeachment
Michael Rossetti, Tauhid Zaman
Automated social media accounts, known as bots, have been shown to spread disinformation and manipulate online discussions. We study the behavior of retweet bots on Twitter during…
Mitigating the Backfire Effect Using Pacing and Leading
Qi Yang, Khizar Qureshi, Tauhid Zaman
Online social networks create echo-chambers where people are infrequently exposed to opposing opinions. Even if such exposure occurs, the persuasive effect may be minimal or nonexi…
Detecting Bots and Assessing Their Impact in Social Networks
Nicolas Guenon des Mesnards, David Scott Hunter, Zakaria el Hjouji +1
Online social networks are often subject to influence campaigns by malicious actors through the use of automated accounts known as bots. We consider the problem of detecting bots i…
Optimizing Opinions with Stubborn Agents
D. Scott Hunter, Tauhid Zaman
We consider the problem of optimizing the placement of stubborn agents in a social network in order to maximally influence the population. We assume the network contains stubborn u…
Detecting Influence Campaigns in Social Networks Using the Ising Model
Nicolas Guenon des Mesnards, Tauhid Zaman
We consider the problem of identifying coordinated influence campaigns conducted by automated agents or bots in a social network. We study several different Twitter datasets which…