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Rewiring the Majority: Structural Median Opinion Control in the Friedkin-Johnsen Model
Elisabetta Biondi, Chiara Boldrini, Andrea Passarella +1
Opinion control under the Friedkin-Johnsen (FJ) model has traditionally focused on modifying individual users, for example by changing their opinions or susceptibility to social in…
From Content Sharing to Opinion Shaping: A Theoretical Framework for Cascade-Driven Opinion Dynamics
Elisabetta Biondi, Chiara Boldrini, Andrea Passarella +1
Online social networks (OSNs) tightly couple information diffusion and opinion formation, yet most existing models treat these processes separately. Building on the Friedkin-Johnse…
The Impact of COVID-19 on Twitter Ego Networks: Structure, Sentiment, and Topics
Kamer Cekini, Elisabetta Biondi, Chiara Boldrini +2
Lockdown measures, implemented by governments during the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce physical contact and limit viral spread, imposed significant restrictions…
Cascade-driven opinion dynamics on social networks
Elisabetta Biondi, Chiara Boldrini, Andrea Passarella +1
Online social networks (OSNs) have transformed the way individuals fulfill their social needs and consume information. As OSNs become increasingly prominent sources for news dissem…
Social Isolation, Digital Connection: COVID-19's Impact on Twitter Ego Networks
Kamer Cekini, Elisabetta Biondi, Chiara Boldrini +2
One of the most impactful measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in its early first years was the lockdown, implemented by governments to reduce physical contact among people and…
Dynamics of opinion polarization
E. Biondi, C. Boldrini, A. Passarella +1
For decades, researchers have been trying to understand how people form their opinions. This quest has become even more pressing with the widespread usage of online social networks…
What you lose when you snooze: how duty cycling impacts on the contact process in opportunistic networks
Elisabetta Biondi, Chiara Boldrini, Andrea Passarella +1
In opportunistic networks, putting devices in energy saving mode is crucial to preserve their battery, and hence to increase the lifetime of the network and foster user participati…