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University of Urbino

University of Urbino
Italy

Founded in 2018, the Mapping Italian News research program at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo aims at  understanding the strategies, tactics, and goals of social media actors seeking to manipulate the public opinion by exploiting the vulnerabilities of the contemporary media ecosystem. Over the years the MINE research program carried out studies funded by a wide range of private and public organizations. Beside these studies, the team also developed methods and open source tools such as CooRnet, an R package that detects coordinated link sharing behavior on Facebook.

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  • Fabio Giglietto

    PhD, is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences, Humanities and International Studies at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo. His main research interests are theory of information, communication, and society with a specific focus on the relationship between social systems and new technologies.

  • Giada Marino

    PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, where she is part of the research team of VeraAI - VERification Assisted by Artificial Intelligence. Her research examines the relationship between information disorders and political polarization, with a specific emphasis on citizen participation on social media platforms.

  • Massimo Terenzi

    PhD Candidate, and post-doctoral researcher at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, focuses on the attention economy, social media manipulation, and online scams. His research explores the intersection of platform governance, algorithms, and social systems. He is part of the MINE project, investigating social media influence strategies.