Combating the spread of fake news remains a difficult problem. For this reason, it is
increasingly urgent to understand the phenomenon of fake news. This review aims to see …

The global spread of the novel coronavirus is affected by the spread of related
misinformation—the so-called COVID-19 Infodemic—that makes populations more …

This paper focuses on the social media presence of Black Lives Matter (BLM). Specifically,
we examine how social media users interact with BLM by using hashtags and thus modify …

The deluge of online and offline misinformation is overloading the exchange of ideas upon
which democracies depend. Fake news, conspiracy theories, and deceptive social bots …

As the novel coronavirus spreads across the world, concerns regarding the spreading of
misinformation about it are also growing. Here we estimate the prevalence of links to low …

From emails to social media, from instant messaging to political memes, the way we produce
and transmit culture is radically changing. Understanding the consequences of the massive …

Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide, but is often underdiagnosed and
undertreated. Cognitive behavioural therapy holds that individuals with depression exhibit …

Predictive analysis of social media data has attracted considerable attention from the
research community as well as the business world because of the essential and actionable …

Interest in real-time syndromic surveillance based on social media data has greatly
increased in recent years. The ability to detect disease outbreaks earlier than traditional …

Recent terrorist attacks carried out on behalf of ISIS on American and European soil by lone
wolf attackers or sleeper cells remind us of the importance of understanding the dynamics of …