With the advent of social media, an increasing number of netizens are sharing and reading
posts and news online. However, the huge volumes of misinformation (eg, fake news and …

Online media is important for society in informing and sha** opinions, hence raising the
question of what drives online news consumption. Here we analyse the causal effect of …

Abstract Language is a uniquely human trait at the core of human interactions. The
language people use often reflects their personality, intentions and state of mind. With the …

Abstract The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was accompanied by practices
of information warfare, yet existing evidence is largely anecdotal while large-scale empirical …

Recent studies have documented the type of content that is most likely to spread widely, or
go “viral,” on social media, yet little is known about people's perceptions of what goes viral or …

While false rumors pose a threat to the successful overcoming of the COVID-19 pandemic,
an understanding of how rumors diffuse in online social networks is–even for non-crisis …

Misinformation undermines the credibility of social media and poses significant threats to
modern societies. As a countermeasure, Twitter has recently introduced" Birdwatch," a …

The spread of misinformation on social media is a pressing societal problem that platforms,
policymakers, and researchers continue to grapple with. As a countermeasure, recent works …

The concept of scope was introduced in Social Network Analysis to assess the
authoritativeness and convincing ability of a user toward other users on one or more social …

Social media platforms disseminate extensive volumes of online content, including true and,
in particular, false rumors. Previous literature has studied the diffusion of offline rumors, yet …