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Reddit's Globalization over Twenty Years: Inferring Community Time Zone from Activity Timestamps
Franco Della Negra, Mattia Samory, Matteo Cinelli
Online communities are a global phenomenon, but assessing their actual geographical spread requires accurate and scalable measurement. We propose and evaluate methods that infer th…
Analyzing and Estimating Support for U.S. Presidential Candidates in Twitter Polls
Stephen Scarano, Vijayalakshmi Vasudevan, Chhandak Bagchi +3
Polls posted on social media have emerged in recent years as an important tool for estimating public opinion, e.g., to gauge public support for business decisions and political can…
Election Polls on Social Media: Prevalence, Biases, and Voter Fraud Beliefs
Stephen Scarano, Vijayalakshmi Vasudevan, Mattia Samory +3
Social media platforms allow users to create polls to gather public opinion on diverse topics. However, we know little about what such polls are used for and how reliable they are,…
Global News Synchrony and Diversity During the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Xi Chen, Scott A. Hale, David Jurgens +3
News coverage profoundly affects how countries and individuals behave in international relations. Yet, we have little empirical evidence of how news coverage varies across countrie…
Characterizing Social Imaginaries and Self-Disclosures of Dissonance in Online Conspiracy Discussion Communities
Shruti Phadke, Mattia Samory, Tanushree Mitra
Online discussion platforms offer a forum to strengthen and propagate belief in misinformed conspiracy theories. Yet, they also offer avenues for conspiracy theorists to express th…
What Makes People Join Conspiracy Communities?: Role of Social Factors in Conspiracy Engagement
Shruti Phadke, Mattia Samory, Tanushree Mitra
Widespread conspiracy theories, like those motivating anti-vaccination attitudes or climate change denial, propel collective action and bear society-wide consequences. Yet, empiric…