Adolescents spend a significant amount of time on social media and there is a great public
worry, from parents to policy makers, about the effect of social media on healthy …

Research on online misinformation has evolved rapidly, but organizing its results and
identifying open research questions is difficult without a systematic approach. We present …

There is widespread concern about misinformation circulating on social media. In particular,
many argue that the context of social media itself may make people susceptible to the …

Nearly five billion people use and receive news through social media and there is
widespread concern about the negative consequences of misinformation on social media …

Social media simulation software (SMSS) allows researchers to collect behavioural data on
how participants to engage with researcher-specified social media content using natural …

Modern computational systems have an unprecedented ability to detect, leverage and
influence human attention. Prior work identified user engagement and dwell time as two key …

With more than half of the population of earth now using social media, it has become a
critical tool for individuals to gain information about the world around them and to connect …

Operations in the Information Environment (OIE) is a rapidly evolving field in US government
defense. Historically, the use of testbeds and assessments contributed to the maturation of …

Online platforms have fundamentally changed the dynamics of social interactions and
information transmission. In this thesis, I explore recent trends in social media through …