The huge amount of data made available by the massive usage of social media has opened up the unprecedented possibility to carry out a data-driven study of political processes …
COVID-19 vaccines have been largely debated by the press. To understand how mainstream and alternative media debated vaccines, we introduce a paradigm …
Social networks have become a common part of many people's daily lives. Users spend more and more time on these platforms and create an active and passive digital footprint …
More and more social interactions happen online. On online social networks such as Instagram, millions of users share, like, and comment on photos and videos every day …
The history of journalism and news diffusion is tightly coupled with the effort to dispel hoaxes, misinformation, propaganda, unverified rumours, poor reporting, and messages …
The news ecosystem encompasses a wide range of sources with varying levels of trustworthiness, and with public commentary giving different spins to the same stories. In this …
This study examines the Italian Twitter landscape during the 2015 Syrian and 2022 Ukrainian refugee crises, with a focus on the evolution of anti-refugee discourse. Through …
Immigration is one of the most salient topics in public debate. Social media heavily influences opinions on immigration, often sparking polarized debates and offline tensions …
Since their announcement in November 2020, COVID-19 vaccines were largely debated by the press and social media. With most studies focusing on COVID-19 disinformation in social …