📰 [PARTNER PUBLICATION] Why do COVID-19 conspiracy theories persist on social media? 📰

💡 Last October 19, our partner International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) - Nadejda Komendantova, Ansa Heyl, Dmitry Erokhin - published a paper on "Why do COVID-19 conspiracy theories persist on social media?" (https://lnkd.in/eudT-vkD).

The research is part of CORE EU-funded Project.

📑 TEASER 📑

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) researchers have analyzed the discussion on eight different conspiracy theories that was spread widely on Twitter during the pandemic. Their work makes it possible to not only estimate the number of conspiracy related tweets, but also to compare the theories among themselves and identify patterns in their discussion.

🗣 THEY TALK ABOUT IT 🗣

- Newsweek: https://lnkd.in/ecCcj3eN.
- Newswise: https://lnkd.in/e6N6DMXM.
- Phys.org: https://lnkd.in/en5BT_2X.
- Opera News : https://lnkd.in/eKYS2f-U.
- Informationsdienst Wissenschaft: https://lnkd.in/ePYyUCqG.
- ScienceNewsNet: https://lnkd.in/eED_yYKr.
- EurekAlert: https://lnkd.in/eNfsKhSG.
- Mirage News: https://lnkd.in/eiCkx3sM.
- Earth.com: https://lnkd.in/evBui4Me.