What is it about?
Exploratory analysis of Disinformation Dozen behavior compared to users who make good information so as to understand how they interact and act on Twitter. Study of the activities, kinds of interactions and content shared, with a focus on their position in the global discussion from Covid-19.
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Why is it important?
First quantitative study of Disinformation Dozen activities with a focus on their behavior and interactions. Our findings lay a solid foundation for future research into the new "influencers of disinformation"
Perspectives
Working on a research project of this kind was a pleasure and an honor, the importance of the subject matter and the fact that we were the first to study this set of users made this project important for future studies in this area. Being able to understand and mitigate the sources of misinformation remains essential to reducing the harm that misinformation in general generates
Gianluca Nogara
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Southern Switzerland
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This page is a summary of: The Disinformation Dozen: An Exploratory Analysis of Covid-19 Disinformation Proliferation on Twitter, June 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
DOI: 10.1145/3501247.3531573.
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