132 citations · 149 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for
8 papers
Mainstreaming of conspiracy theories and misinformation
N. F. Johnson, N. Velasquez, N. Johnson Restrepo +5
Parents - particularly moms - increasingly consult social media for support when taking decisions about their young children, and likely also when advising other family members suc…
Not sure? Handling hesitancy of COVID-19 vaccines
N. F. Johnson, N. Velasquez, R. Leahy +3
From the moment the first COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out, there will need to be a large fraction of the global population ready in line. It is therefore crucial to start managing…
Covid-19 infodemic reveals new tipping point epidemiology and a revised formula
N. F. Johnson, N. Velasquez, O. K. Jha +8
Many governments have managed to control their COVID-19 outbreak with a simple message: keep the effective ' number' to prevent widespread contagion and flatten the curve.…
Hidden order in online extremism and its disruption by nudging collective chemistry
N. F. Johnson, N. Velasquez, P. Manrique +5
We show that the eclectic "Boogaloo" extremist movement that is now rising to prominence in the U.S., has a hidden online mathematical order that is identical to ISIS during its ea…
Health Wars and Beyond: The Rapidly Expanding and Efficient Network Insurgency Interlinking Local and Global Online Crowds of Distrust
N. F. Johnson, N. Velasquez, N. Johnson Restrepo +4
We present preliminary results on the online war surrounding distrust of expertise in medical science -- specifically, the issue of vaccinations. While distrust and misinformation…
Social media cluster dynamics create resilient global hate highways
N. F. Johnson, R. Leahy, N. Johnson Restrepo +3
Online social media allows individuals to cluster around common interests - including hate. We show that tight-knit social clusters interlink to form resilient 'global hate highway…
Population polarization dynamics and next-generation social media algorithms
N. F. Johnson, P. Manrique, M. Zheng +8
We present a many-body theory that explains and reproduces recent observations of population polarization dynamics, is supported by controlled human experiments, and addresses the…
New Online Ecology of Adversarial Aggregates: ISIS and beyond
N. F. Johnson, M. Zheng, Y. Vorobyeva +8
Support for extremist entities - whether from the far right, or far left - often manages to survive globally online despite significant external pressure, and may ultimately inspir…