Politics has in recent decades entered an era of intense polarization. Explanations have
implicated digital media, with the so-called echo chamber remaining a dominant causal …

Recent decades have seen a blurring of the line between extremist movements and
mainstream politics, driven by rising sectarian polarization. This development has been …

In the field of disinformation research, the study of antagonistic networks and discourse on
the messaging platform Telegram has developed into an active area of investigation. To this …

The study examines how Natural Language Processing (NLP) can be used to automatically
detect fake news and how it can be applied to fact-checking in the disciplines of linguistics …

Political conflict is an essential element of democratic systems, but can also threaten their
existence if it becomes too intense. This happens particularly when most political issues …

We analysed tweets from five English‐speaking Canadian political parties in the year
leading up to the 2019 federal election to explore both prejudicial and inclusive rhetoric in …

How can we detect and analyze network ties in non-reactive communication data? Previous
network research mostly relies on the mere occurrence of events between actors (eg, e …

As a case, we focus on what has been described as the most extreme space of online hate,
Stormfront. org. Established in the mid-1990s, Stormfront is a White Supremacist and neo …

Polarization, ideological and psychological distancing between groups, can cause dire
societal fragmentation. Of chief concern is the role of social media in enhancing polarization …

Social polarisation processes have become a central phenomenon for the explanation of
population behavioural dynamics in today's societies. Although recent works offer solutions …