The field of digital platform research is moving towards a deeper understanding of the complex interactions between content creators, consumers, and the platforms themselves. Recent studies have highlighted the importance of timing and contextual factors in shaping consumer responses, challenging the dominant assumption that content features are the primary drivers of popularity. The use of large language models and machine learning techniques is becoming increasingly prevalent, enabling researchers to analyze and simulate complex phenomena such as dynamic topic evolution, echo chamber dynamics, and opinion manipulation. Noteworthy papers in this area include Dynamic Topic Evolution with Temporal Decay and Attention in Large Language Models, which proposes a novel framework for modeling dynamic topic evolution, and MTOS: A LLM-Driven Multi-topic Opinion Simulation Framework for Exploring Echo Chamber Dynamics, which introduces a social simulation framework for exploring echo chamber dynamics. These studies demonstrate the potential of innovative methodologies and techniques to advance our understanding of digital platforms and their impact on society.
Advances in Digital Platform Research
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When or What? Understanding Consumer Engagement on Digital Platforms
Dynamic Topic Evolution with Temporal Decay and Attention in Large Language Models
You're Not Gonna Believe This: A Computational Analysis of Factual Appeals and Sourcing in Partisan News
FactAppeal: Identifying Epistemic Factual Appeals in News Media
Beyond the Crowd: LLM-Augmented Community Notes for Governing Health Misinformation
Evolution of wartime discourse on Telegram: A comparative study of Ukrainian and Russian policymakers' communication before and after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine
MTOS: A LLM-Driven Multi-topic Opinion Simulation Framework for Exploring Echo Chamber Dynamics
Timeliness, Consensus, and Composition of the Crowd: Community Notes on X
Multipolar dynamics of social segregation: Data validation on Swedish vaccination statistics
The Perfect Match? A Closer Look at the Relationship between EU Consumer Law and Data Protection Law
Privacy, freedom of expression, and the right to be forgotten in Europe
ProtoTopic: Prototypical Network for Few-Shot Medical Topic Modeling
Why Instant-Runoff Voting Is So Resilient to Coalitional Manipulation: Phase Transitions in the Perturbed Culture
Trends of Pink Slime Journalism Advertisement Expenditure and Spread on Facebook from 2019-2024