2 papers
cs.SI2025
From News Source Sharers to Post Viewers: How Topic Diversity and Conspiracy Theories Shape Engagement With Misinformation During a Health Crisis
Yuwei Chuai, Jichang Zhao, Gabriele Lenzini
Online engagement with misinformation threatens societal well-being, particularly during health crises when susceptibility to misinformation is heightened in a multi-topic context.…
cs.SI2024
Is Fact-Checking Politically Neutral? Asymmetries in How U.S. Fact-Checking Organizations Pick Up False Statements Mentioning Political Elites
Yuwei Chuai, Jichang Zhao, Nicolas Pröllochs +1
Political elites play an important role in the proliferation of online misinformation. However, an understanding of how fact-checking platforms pick up politicized misinformation f…