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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2019-12-01
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Series: | EPJ Data Science |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-019-0213-9 |