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Viral Misinformation: The Role of Homophily and Polarization

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Aris Anagnostopoulos,

Antonio Scala,

Guido Caldarelli,

Walter QuattrociocchiAuthors Info & Claims

WWW '15 Companion: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on World Wide Web

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2740908.2745939

Published: 18 May 2015 Publication History

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WWW '15 Companion: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on World Wide Web

May 2015

1602 pages

ISBN:9781450334730

DOI:10.1145/2740908

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National Research Council, Italy & Paris 13 University-CNRS, France
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Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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