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Polarization of news consumption
WhatsApp work
- In the Russia-Ukraine information war, encrypted messaging apps provide opportunity and risk
- Interview: The complex truth of misinformation and hatred on WhatsApp in India
- 1 out of 8 photos in political WhatsApp groups misleading (Times of India)
- 13% Images on Public-Political WhatsApp Groups Misinform: Study (The Quint)
- Modi fights back over Indian citizenship bill with propaganda blitz (Financial Times)
- Fighting fake news: Decoding 'fact-free' world of WhatsApp (Hindustan Times, co-authored by me)
- India: the WhatsApp election (Financial Times)
- Limiting message forwarding on WhatsApp helped slow disinformation (MIT Tech Review)
- Can WhatsApp stop spreading misinformation without compromising encryption? (Quartz)
- Will WhatsApp's Misinfo Cure Work for Facebook Messenger? (Wired)
- WA groups drive Islamophobia: IIT-MIT Study (Times of India)
WhatsApp Doc?: A First Look at WhatsApp Public Group Data
- While Facebook faces the music, maybe it is time to #DeleteWhatsApp | Opinion (Hindustan Times), also in print
- WhatsApp public groups can leave user data vulnerable to scraping (VentureBeat)
- WhatsApp should pull up its socks about privacy with regards to 'group chats' in light of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal (Firstpost)
- Mind what you type (Outlook India, cover story)
- Blow Here To Shatter A Myriad Worlds (Some quotes by me :) )
Political Discourse on Social Media: Echo Chambers, Gatekeepers, and the Price of Bipartisanship
- For popularity on Twitter, partisanship pays (Sciencenews.org)
- Kylla, algoritmit uhkaavat demokratia - Valta luisuu some-miljardoorille (YLE, Finnish National news)
- Comment les reseaux sociaux accentuent l'enfermement dans ses idees (Lemonde, French)
- .. (..)
- Molempia osapuolia ymm.... (Helsingin Sanomat, Finnish)
Balancing Information Exposure in Social Networks
- Social media algorithm pops filter bubbles by presenting ideas you disagree with (Digitaltrends.com)
- ... (sciencedaily.com)
- (and more)
- Aalto press release
Reducing Controversy by Connecting Opposing Views
- Pop Goes the Filter Bubble? (Slate.com)
- How a Twitter Algorithm Could Bring Democrats and Republicans Closer Together (Seeker.com)
- ... (In Finnish) (Aamulehti.fi)
- If You Wanted to Know What An Echo Chamber Looks Like, Here It Is (m2now.co.nz)
- Algorithm can create a bridge between Clinton and Trump supporters (Phys.org)
- Aalto press release
Quantifying Controversy on Social Media
- This Is What Controversies Look Like in the Twittersphere (MIT Tech Review)
- These Algorithmic Visualisations of Twitter Controversies Look Like Fireworks(Vice)
- Red vs. Blue: Twitter Controversies Vividly Visualized in Study(NBC News)
- This is What Fights on Twitter Look Like(Inverse)
- Maps of Vitriolic Twitter Controversies Are Surprisingly Beautiful(Slate)
- Researchers analyzed data on explosive Twitter controversies - and then came up with this abstract art(Business Insider)
- Asi se ve una bronca en Twitter (Spanish)
- Twitter-ruzies in kaart gebracht(Dutch)
- ... Twitter (Russian)
- ... Twitter .. (Helsinki Sanomat, Finnish)
From "I love you babe" to "leave me alone" - Romantic Relationship Breakups on Twitter
- Tweets point to potential breakups but relfies spread positive vibe (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- What people say before a break-up vs. what they say after (The Washington Post)
- How Social Media Makes Breakups Uglier for Everyone (Time Magazine)
- Relationship mining on twitter shows how being dumped hurts more than dumping (MIT Tech Review)
- How to Use Twitter to Predict a Breakup (Womens Health Mag)
- A romantic breakup could cost you 20 Twitter followers (The Daily Dot)
- This Is How Many Followers You'll Lose By Tweeting About Your Breakup (MTV)
- YOUR BREAKUP MIGHT COST YOU TWITTER FOLLOWERS, SAYS STUDY (Bustle.com)
- What Our Breakups Look Like on Twitter (Vice)
- When Your Relationship Falls Apart, This Is What Twitter Sees (Mic.com)
- Se a relacio esta dar asltimas, o Twitter vai saber primeiro (Observador.pt, Portugese)
- Estudo Mensagens trocadas no Twitter antecipam fim de namoro (Noticias Minuto, Spanish)
- Tutkimus: Twitter-viesteist voi ennakoida rakastuneiden tulevan eron (Helsingin Sanomat, Finnish)
- Pretty Late with Patti Vasquez (wgnradio) (Radio interview)
- Zakochasz .. rozstaniesz Twitter ... (Polityka, Polish)
Inferring International and Internal Migration Patterns from Twitter Data
- Using Big Data To Understand Migrations (Forbes.com)
Gender Asymmetries in Reality and Fiction: The Bechdel Test of Social Media
- The Daily Dot – New research says Twitter has a gender bias (Daily Dot)
- Science Daily – Male-biased tweeting: Gender differences in the use of Twitter (Science Daily)
- Fast Company – What Do Women Talk About When They Talk On Twitter? (Fast Company)
- Phys.org – Male-biased tweeting (Phys.org)
- Materia – Twitter presenta un sesgo de genero a favor de los hombres (Spanish)
- Tages Anzeiger – Hollywood setzt auf Manner (German)
Secular vs. Islamist Polarization in Egypt on Twitter
- Using Twitter to Analyze Secular vs. Islamist Polarization in Egypt (Irevolution)
- How Twitter Explains Egypt's bloody politics (Foreign Policy)
- Twitter hashtags predict rising tension in Egypt (New Scientist)
- Tweets apart (Financial Times)
- Twitter accounts useful to study tension in society (Gulf Times)
- Utilising Twitter to track political polarisation in Egypt (Al Jazeera)