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#Secim2023: First Public Dataset for Studying Turkish General Election
Ali Najafi, Nihat Mugurtay, Ege Demirci +3
In the context of Turkey's upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections ("seçim" in Turkish), social media is playing an important role in shaping public debate. The increasin…
Academic Support Network Reflects Doctoral Experience and Productivity
Ozgur Can Seckin, Onur Varol
Current practices of quantifying performance by productivity leads serious concerns for psychological well-being of doctoral students and influence of research environment is often…
Detection of Novel Social Bots by Ensembles of Specialized Classifiers
Mohsen Sayyadiharikandeh, Onur Varol, Kai-Cheng Yang +2
Malicious actors create inauthentic social media accounts controlled in part by algorithms, known as social bots, to disseminate misinformation and agitate online discussion. While…
Scalable and Generalizable Social Bot Detection through Data Selection
Kai-Cheng Yang, Onur Varol, Pik-Mai Hui +1
Efficient and reliable social bot classification is crucial for detecting information manipulation on social media. Despite rapid development, state-of-the-art bot detection models…
Deception Strategies and Threats for Online Discussions
Onur Varol, Ismail Uluturk
Communication plays a major role in social systems. Effective communications, which requires transmission of the messages between individuals without disruptions or noise, can be a…
Arming the public with artificial intelligence to counter social bots
Kai-Cheng Yang, Onur Varol, Clayton A. Davis +3
The increased relevance of social media in our daily life has been accompanied by efforts to manipulate online conversations and opinions. Deceptive social bots -- automated or sem…