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 …

While emotional content predicts social media post sharing, competing theories of emotion
imply different predictions about how emotional content will influence the virality of social …

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 …

False rumors (often termed “fake news”) on social media pose a significant threat to modern
societies. However, potential reasons for the widespread diffusion of false rumors have been …

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 …