The Rules of Contagion

(Greg DeLong) #1
elimination’, BioRxiv, 2019.


  1. ‘Measles: Europe sees record number of cases and 37 deaths
    so far this year’, British Medical Journal, 2018.

  2. Bakshy E. et al., ‘Exposure to ideologically diverse news and
    opinion on Facebook’, Science, 2015; Tufekci Z., ‘How
    Facebook’s Algorithm Suppresses Content Diversity (Modestly)
    and How the Newsfeed Rules Your Clicks’, Medium, 7 May 2015.

  3. Flaxman S. et al., ‘Filter bubbles, echo chambers and online
    news consumption’, Public Opinion Quarterly, 2016.

  4. Bail C.A. et al., ‘Exposure to opposing views on social media
    can increase political polarization’, PNAS, 2018.

  5. Duggan M. and Smith A., ‘The Political Environment on Social
    Media’, Pew Research Center, 2016.

  6. boyd dm., ‘Taken Out of Context: American Teen Sociality in
    Networked Publics’, University of California, Berkeley PhD
    Dissertation, 2008.

  7. Early example: ‘Dead pet UL?’ Posted on alt.folklore.urban, 10
    July 1992.

  8. Letter to Étienne Noël Damilaville, 16 May 1767.

  9. Suler J., ‘The Online Disinhibition Effect’, Cyberpsychology and
    Behavior, 2004.

  10. Cheng J. et al., ‘Antisocial Behavior in Online Discussion
    Communities’, Association for the Advancment of Artificial
    Intelligence, 2015; Cheng J. et al., ‘Anyone Can Become a Troll:
    Causes of Trolling Behavior in Online Discussions’, Computer-
    Supported Cooperative Work, 2017.

  11. Background on Facebook study from: Kramer A.D.I. et al.,
    ‘Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion
    through social networks’, PNAS, 2014; D’Onfro J., ‘Facebook
    Researcher Responds To Backlash Against “Creepy” Mood
    Manipulation Study’, Insider, 29 June 2014.

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