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NELA-PS: A Dataset of Pink Slime News Articles for the Study of Local News Ecosystems
Benjamin D. Horne, Maurício Gruppi
Pink slime news outlets automatically produce low-quality, often partisan content that is framed as authentic local news. Given that local news is trusted by Americans and is incre…
Characterizing YouTube and BitChute Content and Mobilizers During U.S. Election Fraud Discussions on Twitter
Matthew C. Childs, Cody Buntain, Milo Z. Trujillo +1
In this study, we characterize the cross-platform mobilization of YouTube and BitChute videos on Twitter during the 2020 U.S. Election fraud discussions. Specifically, we extend th…
The MeLa BitChute Dataset
Milo Trujillo, Maurício Gruppi, Cody Buntain +1
In this paper we present a near-complete dataset of over 3M videos from 61K channels over 2.5 years (June 2019 to December 2021) from the social video hosting platform BitChute, a…
Local News Online and COVID in the U.S.: Relationships among Coverage, Cases, Deaths, and Audience
Kenneth Joseph, Benjamin D. Horne, Jon Green +1
We present analyses from a real-time information monitoring system of online local news in the U.S. We study relationships among online local news coverage of COVID, cases and deat…
Tell Me Who Your Friends Are: Using Content Sharing Behavior for News Source Veracity Detection
Maurício Gruppi, Benjamin D. Horne, Sibel Adalı
Stopping the malicious spread and production of false and misleading news has become a top priority for researchers. Due to this prevalence, many automated methods for detecting lo…
Identifying the social signals that drive online discussions: A case study of Reddit communities
Benjamin D. Horne, Sibel Adali, Sujoy Sikdar
Increasingly people form opinions based on information they consume on online social media. As a result, it is crucial to understand what type of content attracts people's attentio…