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Role of Bots in Polarized Stance on Social Media

Paper: Aldayel A. and W. Magdy. Characterizing the Role of Bots in Polarized Stance on Social Media. SNAM 12(30) SNAM 2022 


  • Phys.org: Study: Bots on Twitter have less influence than celebrities 
  • Scottish Daily Express: Edinburgh researchers say celebrities and influencers 'more dangerous' than bots 
  • Eurek Alert: 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 (German): Studie zu Social Media: Wird der Einfluss von Bots überbewertet? 
  • Der Standard (German): Promis verbreiten Desinformation besser als Bots 
  • Presse text (German): Prominente verbreiten die meisten Fake News 
  • Mimikama (German): Die meisten Fake News stammen von Prominenten und Influencern 

Stance detection on social media 

Paper: Abeer Aldayel . and Walid Magdy. "Your Stance is Exposed! Analysing Possible Factors for Stance Detection on Social Media". CSCW 2019 


  • 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! 

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