New work out with @agarwalnitin on comparing the highly different discourses of 2 China-focused Reddit communities. We investigate what aspects of their discourses most distinguish each from the other via information divergence. #SMSociety @SocMediaConf https://doi.org/10.1145/3400806.3400816

Disinformation campaigns are run like business enterprises & target corporations. B-school students must learn how to craft messages to get ahead of the story & how to extinguish the fires started by disinformation campaigns.—Nitin Agarwal @cosmographers https://bit.ly/2Vusu8v

@CNBC A comprehensive database already exists, thanks to @UALR, @cosmographers and ARA Fellow @agarwalnitin. https://cosmos.ualr.edu/covid-19

The #infodemic can be just as destructive as the #pandemic. @cosmographers, @UALR and @agarwalnitin are working to stop #COVID19 misinformation in its tracks. https://cosmos.ualr.edu/covid-19

Disinformation campaigns are defined by four characteristics: they’re quick-moving, multi-platform, evolving, and seductive.—Nitin Agarwal @cosmographers https://bit.ly/2Vusu8v

Dr. Nitin Agarwal and student researchers are working to warn the public about the dangerous spread of misinformation & scams surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

"There are so many conspiracy theories. They are only going to get worse.”

@cosmographers
https://ualr.edu/news/2020/07/06/researchers-misinformation-covid19/

While false information is hampering the COVID-19 response, coordinated campaigns of lies & fabrications pose a common hazard for every business in today’s digitally connected world—even without a pandemic.—Nitin Agarwal @cosmographers https://bit.ly/2Vusu8v