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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#toread 📚 From my reading list · 🤖 Auto-posted Törnberg, P., & Uitermark, J. (2026). From the platform society to the AI society. Dialogues on Digital Society. doi.org/10.1177/29768640261487931

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From the platform society to the AI society

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 08/10/2026

Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website

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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request

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Maarten Schenk @mschenk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

An example of FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference) in action at the @disinfo.eu conference? Apparently someone in the U.S. did not agree with the topic of a session named "USA as a FIMI threat: acknowledge, adapt, push back" and applied pressure on the sponsors...

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#toread 📚 From my reading list · 🤖 AI-generated post Annabell, T. (2026). Regulating a floating signifier: Interpretations of “data” in the digital services act researcher access provision. Media, Technology and Governance. doi.org/10.1177/29777984261486601

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Regulating a floating signifier: Interpretations of “data” in the digital services act researcher access provision

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#toread 📚 From my reading list · 🤖 AI-generated post Rogers, R., & Koronska, K. (2026). The performance of borderline content on Facebook. Content Moderation across Social Media Platforms, 97–123. doi.org/10.4324/9781003693192-4

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The performance of borderline content on Facebook

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Crichton, F., & Torres, G. (2026). Re-generating hate. Platforms & Society, 3. doi.org/10.1177/29768624261449726 Note: fabiogiglietto.github.io/fg-zettelkasten/Papers/Crichton2026-kn #toread

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Re-generating hate

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#toread #paper Online Discourse is Falsely Polarized by Self-Selection by Will Schulz et al. doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7z69m_v1

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#toread #paper What has happened to trust in news in the long run globally? by Richard Fletcher, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen doi.org/10.4324/9781003618041-6

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#toread #paper What Facebook users flag as false news: A mixed-methods investigation of user-reported links by Anton Elias Holt doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2026.27036…

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Helping circulate this: CheckFirst and the European Fact-Checking Standards Network are asking the information integrity community what's hardest about the work and what resources would actually help. 5 minutes, please respond by 18 Sept: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Reposts welcome.

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European Information Integrity Community Survey

What are the most pressing problems facing the European information integrity community today? And what resources, capabilities or infrastructure could help to mitigate these problems? This short surv...

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

#toread #paper Detection and characterization of coordinated online behavior: A survey by Lorenzo Mannocci et al. doi.org/10.1145/3839225

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

#toread #paper From national outlets to transnational audiences: far-right hyperpartisan news sources on YouTube by Klaus Groebner doi.org/10.1177/1329878x261474201

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#toread #paper Trust beyond algorithms: What drives Italian audiences’ perceptions of search results and news produced with AI by Giulia Sbaraini Fontes, Sergio Splendore doi.org/10.1177/02673231261473432

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#toread #paper Toward meaningful transparency for AI chatbots: Disclosing persuasive intent reduces persuasion by Adrian Rauchfleisch, Andreas Jungherr arxiv.org/abs/2608.11794v1

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Nelly @nellyp.checkfirst.network · 13/08/2026

« On a vu apparaître des campagnes où l’idée était de tromper les fact-checkeurs en les envoyant sur des rumeurs secondaires pour occuper leur attention » ➡️ Operation Overload, +800orgs exhortées à vérifier des fausses infos sur l'Ukraine, la France, l'Allemagne... checkfirst.network/operation-ov...

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Operation Overload: how pro-Russian actors flood newsrooms with fake content and seek to divert their efforts - CheckFirst

“Please Check”. More than 800 organisations, among which many media outlets have been flooded with emails and social media mentions urging them to verify dubious claims undermining Ukraine, France and...

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#toread #paper Behind the “AI slop”: exploring the AI-generated viral short video production in China by Jiaru Tang et al. doi.org/10.1007/s00146-026-03254-9

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

#toread #paper Multi-platform research in the light of technology affordances: networks of the far right in Germany by Azade E. Kakavand, Nicola Righetti, Annie Waldherr doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2026.26971…

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#toread #paper Degenerative AI: AI slop, brainrot, and the gimmick of generative culture by Idil Galip, Ludmila Lupinacci doi.org/10.1177/13675494261468638

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

#toread #paper Untrustworthy sources on Facebook and Instagram in 2020: Concentrated exposure but no attitudinal effects by Olivier Bergeron-Boutin et al. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz6502

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

#toread #paper The matrix of AI agency: On the demarcation problem in social theory by Fabian Anicker, Golo Flaßhoff, Frank Marcinkowski doi.org/10.1177/07352751241289925

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

#toread #paper Relying on the mainstream? Entity networks in alternative media by Paul Balluff, Hajo G. Boomgaarden, Annie Waldherr doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/43nvp_v1

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

#toread #paper Feeling iffy about generative AI: Investigating audiences’ trustworthiness perceptions of task-specific AI disclosures by Nicolas Mattis, Kimon Kieslich, Claes Holger de Vreese doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2026.27035…

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#toread #paper Making sense of AI-generated disinformation: How audience interpretations influence the impact of deepfakes in Kenya by Morgan Wack, Stephen Prochaska doi.org/10.1177/20563051261462092

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#toread #paper Toward an integrated and globally equitable understanding of political polarization by Falkenberg, Max et al. scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Toward…

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 23/07/2026

📻 My great @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleague Kateryna Kasianenko and I have had a chat to the Read Them Sideways podcast team about our new second edition of the Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics:

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The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics 2.0 w/ Axel Bruns & Kateryna Kasianenko (#46)

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

#toread #paper Measuring partisan community dynamics: a longitudinal analysis of affective engagement in pro-Bolsonaro Facebook networks by Giada Marino, Bruna Paroni, Fabio Giglietto doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2026.26969…

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

#toread #paper Beyond verification| post-truth spaces: Studying authenticity and influence on the internet by Richard Rogers, Kamila Koronska doi.org/10.65476/1fw44702

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

#toread #paper News sharing on social media: Mapping the ideology of news media, politicians, and the mass public by Gregory Eady et al. doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/ch8gj

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 19/07/2026

Join Our Research Team! @SMLabTO is Hiring a Postdoctoral Research Fellow socialmedialab.ca/2026/07/14/p... #phdsky #academicsky #comsky #polsky #computationalsocialscience

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

#toread #paper Disrupting democracy: how informational pathways and misinformation shape trust in election results by Patrícia Rossini, Camila Mont'Alverne, Antonis Kalogeropoulos doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2026.27018…

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

#toread #paper The challenges of working with platform data from clean room environments by Axel Bruns, Laura Vodden doi.org/10.25358/openscience-15825

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alice e marwick @alicetiara.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Another job at D&S!!! Are you a participatory researcher? Are you interested in civic participation? Do you have connections to K-12, labor, faith communities, advocacy groups? If so, please apply. Deadline 7/30!!!

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

#toread #paper Narrative monitoring and argument-checking: Enhancing effectiveness in countering disinformation beyond fact-checking by Celia Ramos, Clara Jiménez-Cruz, Pablo Hernández-Escayola doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-198

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#toread #paper Seeing like an API: Platform-mediated research and the politics of access by Zoë Natalia Cullen, Nicole B Ellison, Irene V Pasquetto doi.org/10.1177/20539517261461463

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#toread #paper AI and the future of digital public squares by Beth Goldberg et al. doi.org/10.1177/26339137261459441

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#toread #paper TubeStats and TokStats: Research tools for random samples of YouTube and TikTok by Kevin Zheng et al. doi.org/10.17645/mac.12085

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bruna paroni @brupar.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🎉 happy this one is finally out! new paper w/ @giadam.bsky.social and @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social in @icsjournal.bsky.social, part of the @aoir.bsky.social special issue:

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

#toread #paper Does the method affect the outcome? How measures of partisan slant of media outlets and affective polarization drive results about polarization in the United States by Christian Schemer et al. doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2026.26991…

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

#toread #paper Conversational AI shifts beliefs and policy support among skeptics across contested societal issues by Johannes Kotz et al. doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7szrn_v1

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

#toread #paper Divide and conquer? The impact of media narratives on digital election interference on political and perceived polarisation by Emelie Karlsson doi.org/10.1177/14614448251410509

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

#toread #paper Generative AI, propaganda, and digital authoritarianism: Comparative insights from six democratically weakened countries by Gabrielle D Beacken, Inga K Trauthig, Samuel C Woolley doi.org/10.1177/20539517251410064

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

#toread #paper Selling war at home and abroad: The dual objective of state media propag... by Makeev, M, Alley, J, Bastos, M scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Sellin…

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

#toread #paper Fake news as a rhetorical weapon: Strategic delegitimization and selective amplification in Italian newspapers by Lorenzo Mosca, Fred Paxton doi.org/10.1177/02673231261458935

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

#toread #paper Where's the Evidence that Respondents Understand Your Survey Questions? by Hinck, Musashi et al. scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Where%…

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

#toread #paper Towards automating scientific review with Google's Paper Assistant Tool by Rajesh Jayaram et al. arxiv.org/abs/2606.28277v1

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

#toread #paper Community Notes undermoderate polarizing content by design creating risks in electoral processes by Paul Bouchaud, Pedro Ramaciotti doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aee6932

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#toread #paper Platform collective behavior as democratic infrastructure: Beyond causal effects in the DSA era by Anja Bechmann doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2026.26794…

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#toread #paper Quality perceptions and intended engagement in response to AI-generated and AI-assisted news by Fabrizio Gilardi et al. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-58743-0

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#toread #paper From mass media and social media to AI: A multilevel framework for understanding trust in generative AI by Jiyoun Suk, Yini Zhang doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2026.26940…

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

#toread #paper Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact by Gottfried, Jeffrey et al. scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Americ…

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