Category: 2021
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Koo and the attempt to create a ‘nationalist Twitter’
Arshia Arya, Dibyendu Mishra, Joyojeet Pal We conducted a preliminary study of influence networks on Koo, and their relationship to activity on Twitter. Here are a few findings. First, we find that the design of the Koo app makes for more propagation of individual accounts. The landing page encourages users to follow other…
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Rihanna versus Bollywood: Twitter Influencers and the Indian Farmers’ protest
Dibyendu Mishra, Syeda Zainab Akbar, Arshia Arya, Saloni Dash, Rynaa Grover, Joyojeet Pal D Mishra, SZ Akbar, A Arya, S Dash, R Grover, J Pal. 2021. Rihanna versus Bollywood: Twitter Influencers and the Indian Farmers’ Protest. arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.04031, 2021. Available online at https://joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/RihannaVsBollywood On February 2, 2021, American musician Rihanna posted a tweet, asking “why…