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Entropy-based detection of Twitter echo chambers
Manuel Pratelli, Fabio Saracco, Marinella Petrocchi
Echo chambers, i.e. clusters of users exposed to news and opinions in line with their previous beliefs, were observed in many online debates on social platforms. We propose a compl…
From Online Behaviours to Images: A Novel Approach to Social Bot Detection
Edoardo Di Paolo, Marinella Petrocchi, Angelo Spognardi
Online Social Networks have revolutionized how we consume and share information, but they have also led to a proliferation of content not always reliable and accurate. One particul…
Swinging in the States: Does disinformation on Twitter mirror the US presidential election system?
Manuel Pratelli, Marinella Petrocchi, Fabio Saracco +1
For more than a decade scholars have been investigating the disinformation flow on social media contextually to societal events, like, e.g., elections. In this paper, we analyze th…
Demystifying Misconceptions in Social Bots Research
Stefano Cresci, Kai-Cheng Yang, Angelo Spognardi +3
Research on social bots aims at advancing knowledge and providing solutions to one of the most debated forms of online manipulation. Yet, social bot research is plagued by widespre…