Spread of misinformation on social media: What contributes to it and how to combat it

S Chen, L **ao, A Kumar - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
With the prevalence and increasing impact of misinformation on social media, numerous
studies have explored the characteristics of misinformation. However, we lack a holistic …

Reinforcement learning-based counter-misinformation response generation: a case study of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

B He, M Ahamad, S Kumar - Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The spread of online misinformation threatens public health, democracy, and the broader
society. While professional fact-checkers form the first line of defense by fact-checking …

Effect of Explanation Conceptualisations on Trust in AI-assisted Credibility Assessment

S Pareek, N van Berkel, E Velloso… - Proceedings of the ACM …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
As misinformation increasingly proliferates on social media platforms, it has become crucial
to explore how to best convey automated news credibility assessments to end-users, and …

[HTML][HTML] Peer-supplied credibility labels as an online misinformation intervention

S Pareek, J Goncalves - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2024 - Elsevier
Misinformation is rampant on social media, and existing platform-supplied interventions offer
limited effectiveness. In this study, we examine the effectiveness of credibility labels that …

Characterizing and predicting social correction on twitter

Y Ma, B He, N Subrahmanian, S Kumar - … of the 15th ACM Web Science …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Online misinformation has been a serious threat to public health and society. Social media
users are known to reply to misinformation posts with counter-misinformation messages …

My eyes speak: Improving perceived sociability of autonomous vehicles in shared spaces through emotional robotic eyes

Y Wang, S Wijenayake, M Hoggenmüller… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The ability of autonomous vehicles (AVs) to interact socially with pedestrians poses a
significant impact on their integration with urban traffic. This is particularly important for …

A Review of Online Social Conformity: Outcomes and Determinants

S Wijenayake, J Goncalves - International Journal of Human …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Social conformity occurs when individuals forego their personal judgements to agree with
opposing judgements of a group majority. While conformity was initially observed and …

A cognitive behaviour data analysis on the use of social media in global south context focusing on Bangladesh

SSR Samya, MDSI Tonmoy, MDF Rabbi - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This study aimed to investigate the factors that contribute to the propagation of COVID-19
vaccine misinformation on social media in Bangladesh. We attempted to identify the links …

Assessing credibility factors of short-form social media posts: A crowdsourced online experiment

J Li, M Kuutila, E Huusko, N Kariyakarawana… - Proceedings of the 15th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
People commonly turn to the Internet and social media for their information needs. Most
popular social media platforms focus on short-form content that can be consumed rapidly …

[HTML][HTML] Examining corporate social irresponsibility in manufacturing: An eye-tracking study of social media news

X Li, YK Tse, X Bu - International Journal of Production Economics, 2025 - Elsevier
This research aims to experimentally examine how consumers respond to environmental
corporate social irresponsibility (CSI) news about manufacturing production on social media …