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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…