One of today's most controversial and consequential issues is whether the global uptake of
digital media is causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted a systematic …

As part of the “text-as-data” movement, Natural Language Processing (NLP) provides a
computational way to examine political polarization. We conducted a methodological …

Online social media represent an oftentimes unique source of information, and having
access to reliable and unbiased content is crucial, especially during crises and contentious …

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine development and community vaccination studies
are carried out all over the world. At this stage, the opposition to the vaccine seen in the …

Estimating the political leanings of social media users is a challenging and ever more
pressing problem given the increase in social media consumption. We introduce Retweet …

Digital media platforms are resha** our habits, how we access information, and how we
interact with others. As a result, algorithms used by platforms, for example, to recommend …

In today's digital era, the rapid spread of misinformation poses threats to public well-being
and societal trust. As online misinformation proliferates, manual verification by fact checkers …

Abstract On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned landmark rulings
made in its 1973 verdict in Roe v. Wade. The justices by way of a majority vote in Dobbs v …

Online misinformation is believed to have contributed to vaccine hesitancy during the Covid-
19 pandemic, highlighting concerns about social media's destabilizing role in public life …

The COVID-19 pandemic caused high uncertainty regarding appropriate treatments and
public policy reactions. This uncertainty provided a perfect breeding ground for spreading …