Quantifying echo chamber effects in information spreading over political communication networks

Abstract Echo chambers in online social networks, in which users prefer to interact only with ideologically-aligned peers, are believed to facilitate misinformation spreading and contribute to radicalize political discourse. In this paper, we gauge the effects of echo chambers in information spreadi...

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Main Authors: Wesley Cota, Silvio C. Ferreira, Romualdo Pastor-Satorras, Michele Starnini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-12-01
Series:EPJ Data Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-019-0213-9