How Social Media Machinery Pulled Mainstream Parenting Communities Closer to Extremes and Their Misinformation During Covid-19
We reveal hidden social media machinery that has allowed misinformation to thrive among mainstream users, but which is missing from current policy discussions. Specifically, we show how mainstream parenting communities on Facebook have been subject to a powerful, two-pronged misinformation machinery...
Main Authors: | Nicholas J. Restrepo, Lucia Illari, Rhys Leahy, Richard F. Sear, Yonatan Lupu, Neil F. Johnson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IEEE
2022-01-01
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Series: | IEEE Access |
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Online Access: | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9663381/ |
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