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BWL XI: Paper in Communications of the ACMA new article has been accepted for publication in Communications of the ACM. The paper discusses threats emerging from alt-tech social media platforms.
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BWL XI: Research Featured in the Financial TimesOur research studying Russian propaganda on social media during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine has been featured in the Financial Times.
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BWL XI: Research Featured in Psychology TodayOur recent PNAS Nexus paper on hate speech and moralized language has been featured in Psychology Today.
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BWL XI: Paper accepted at WWWA new research paper has been accepted for publication at The Web Conference (WWW). The Web Conference is a flagship conference in data science with a very low acceptance rate (CORE Ranking A*).
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BWL XI: Paper in Nature Human BehaviourA new research paper examining the causal impact of negativity on news consumption has been accepted for publication in Nature Human Behaviour (IF: 24.25). The results of the study demonstrate a robust and causal negativity bias in news consumption from a massive dataset from the field.
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BWL XI: Paper in PNAS NexusA new research paper studying the antecedents of hate speech on social media has been accepted for publication in PNAS Nexus. Based on three large-scale datasets across three domains (politics, news media, and activism), the study demonstrates that moralized language in social media posts fosters the proliferation of hate speech.
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BWL XI: Text Mining Course in Winter Semester 22/23In winter semester 22/23, we offer the course "Text Mining" for master's students. The number of participants is limited to a maximum number of 24 students. The deadline for applications is October 7, 2022.
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BWL XI: Two papers accepted at ICWSMTwo new research papers have been accepted for publication in the proceedings of the International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM). The papers analyze user behavior on the alt-right social media platform Parler.
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BWL XI: LehrpreisIm Rahmen der diesjährigen WiWi-Absolventenfeier wurde Prof. Dr. Nicolas Pröllochs mit dem Lehrpreis in der Kategorie Professor/Professorin ausgezeichnet.
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BWL XI: DFG Funding for Research on MisinformationProf. Dr. Nicolas Pröllochs has received additional research funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG). The research grant supports our research on misinformation diffusion on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic for two additional years.
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BWL XI: Paper in Journal of Business ResearchA new research paper has been accepted for publication in Journal of Business Research. The paper uses machine learning to examine the effects of argumentation patterns in customer reviews on helpfulness.
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BWL XI: Two papers accepted at The Web Conference (WWW '22)Two research papers have been accepted for publication in the proceedings of The Web Conference (WWW). The Web Conference is a flagship conference in data science with a very low acceptance rate (CORE Ranking A*).
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BWL XI: Paper at ICWSMA new research paper has been accepted for publication in the proceedings of the International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM ’22). The paper analyzes how users interact with community-based fact-checking on Twitter.
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BWL XI: DFG Funding for Research on Community-Based Fact-Checking on Social MediaProf. Dr. Nicolas Pröllochs has received a research grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG). The research grant supports our research on community-based fact-checking on social media for a duration of three years.
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BWL XI: Paper in EPJ Data ScienceA new research paper studying the role of online emotions in rumor diffusion has been accepted for publication in EPJ Data Science (IF: 3.184).