Social Media

Harnessing prompt-based large language models for disaster monitoring and automated reporting from social media feedback

In recent years, social media has emerged as one of the main platforms for real-time reporting of issues during disasters and catastrophic events. While great strides have been made in collecting such information, there remains an urgent need to …

Unmasking Deception: A Topic-Oriented Multimodal Approach to Uncover False Information on Social Media

In the digital landscape, social media has emerged as a prevalent channel for global communication, connecting like-minded individuals worldwide. However, while facilitating information exchange, it is also susceptible to the dissemination of false …

Multi-dimensional Classification on Social Media Data for Detailed Reporting with Large Language Models

Every day, more and more people harness the power of social media platforms to express their thoughts, share information and personal experiences, and engage with others. All this knowledge can then be transformed into informative reports with the …

Unmasking COVID-19 False Information on Twitter: a Topic-based Approach with BERT

Every day, many people use social media platforms to share information, thoughts, narratives and personal experiences. The vast volume of user-generated content offers valuable insights into the latest news and trends but also poses serious …

Topic Detection and Tracking in Social Media Platforms

The large amount of information available on the Web can be effectively exploited in several domains, ranging from opinion mining to the analysis of human dynamics and behaviors. Specifically, it can be leveraged to keep up with the latest news …

Learning sentence-to-hashtags semantic mapping for hashtag recommendation on microblogs

The growing use of microblogging platforms is generating a huge amount of posts that need effective methods to be classified and searched. In Twitter and other social media platforms, hashtags are exploited by users to facilitate the search, …