Homophily and polarization in the age of misinformation

European Physical Journal: Special Topics

Volumn 225, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2047-2059

  Bessi, Alessandro ^a,b   Petroni, Fabio ^c   Vicario, Michela Del ^b   Zollo, Fabiana ^b   Anagnostopoulos, Aris ^c   Scala, Antonio ^d   Caldarelli, Guido ^b   Quattrociocchi, Walter ^a  

^a SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA SUPERIORE IUSS PAVIA   (Italy)

^b IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d ISC CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 84992359761     PISSN: 19516355     EISSN: 19516401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2015-50319-0     Document Type: Article

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