# MaskOn!# MaskOff! Digital polarization of mask-wearing in the United States during COVID-19

J Lang, WW Erickson, Z Jing-Schmidt - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused an unprecedented public health
crisis worldwide. Its intense politicization constantly made headlines, especially regarding …

No echo in the chambers of political interactions on Reddit

G De Francisci Morales, C Monti, M Starnini - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Echo chambers in online social networks, whereby users' beliefs are reinforced by
interactions with like-minded peers and insulation from others' points of view, have been …

Quantifying echo chamber effects in information spreading over political communication networks

W Cota, SC Ferreira, R Pastor-Satorras, M Starnini - EPJ Data Science, 2019 - Springer
Echo chambers in online social networks, in which users prefer to interact only with
ideologically-aligned peers, are believed to facilitate misinformation spreading and …

[HTML][HTML] Fake news in social media: Bad algorithms or biased users?

Z Franziska, S Katrin, S Mechtild - Journal of Information Science …, 2019 - accesson.kr
Although fake news has been present in human history at any time, nowadays, with social
media, deceptive information has a stronger effect on society than before. This article …

The effect of people recommenders on echo chambers and polarization

F Cinus, M Minici, C Monti, F Bonchi - Proceedings of the International …, 2022 - ojs.aaai.org
The effects of online social media on critical issues, such as polarization and misinformation,
are under scrutiny due to the disruptive consequences that these phenomena can have on …

Bolsonaro and the far right: How disinformation about COVID-19 circulates on Facebook in Brazil

R Recuero, FB Soares, O Vinhas, T Volcan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - ijoc.org
This article tackles the circulation of disinformation and compares it to fact-checking links
about COVID-19 on Facebook in Brazil. Through a mixed-methods approach, we use …

Selective exposure shapes the Facebook news diet

M Cinelli, E Brugnoli, AL Schmidt, F Zollo… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The social brain hypothesis approximates the total number of social relationships we are
able to maintain at 150. Similar cognitive constraints emerge in several aspects of our daily …

Recursive patterns in online echo chambers

E Brugnoli, M Cinelli, W Quattrociocchi, A Scala - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Despite their entertainment oriented purpose, social media changed the way users access
information, debate, and form their opinions. Recent studies, indeed, showed that users …

Extremist ideology as a complex contagion: the spread of far-right radicalization in the United States between 2005 and 2017

M Youngblood - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2020 - nature.com
Increasing levels of far-right extremist violence have generated public concern about the
spread of radicalization in the United States. Previous research suggests that radicalized …

Segregated interactions in urban and online space

X Dong, AJ Morales, E Jahani, E Moro, B Lepri… - EPJ Data …, 2020 - epjds.epj.org
Urban income segregation is a widespread phenomenon that challenges societies across
the globe. Classical studies on segregation have largely focused on the geographic …