Media
Media Coverage & Research Impact
Selected media coverage of my research on computational social science, and natural language processing.
Role of Bots in Polarized Stance on Social Media
- Phys.org : Study: Bots on Twitter have less influence than celebrities.
- Scottish Daily Express : Edinburgh researchers say celebrities and influencers “more dangerous” than bots.
- EurekAlert! : Bots less of a bother on social media than celebs, study finds.
- Verve Times : Bots on Twitter Have Less Influence Than Celebrities.
- Study Finds : Celebrities more harmful than bots on social media, study finds.
- Berliner Zeitung : Studie zu Social Media: Wird der Einfluss von Bots überbewertet?.
- Der Standard : Promis verbreiten Desinformation besser als Bots.
- Presse Text : Prominente verbreiten die meisten Fake News.
- Mimikama : Die meisten Fake News stammen von Prominenten und Influencern.
Stance Detection on Social Media
- TechXplore : How people’s stance on a topic can be inferred from their online activity.
- The National : Scientists warns of fake news risk as AI predicts views of silent Tweeters.
- The World News : AI could predict “silent users” views on politics and religion, Edinburgh study finds.
- Scotsman : Artificial intelligence could predict the views of Scottish social media users.
- Medium : Most of our online signals on social media can reveal our views!.