2016 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Darwish K., W. Magdy, and T. Zanouda. Trump vs. Hillary: What went Viral during the 2016 US Presidential Election. SocInfo 2017
News Articles
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Newsweek: How did Donald Trump Win? WikiLeaks, Twitter Helped President Beat Hillary Clinton, Study Shows
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The Times: Social media savvy swung US election Donald Trump’s way, say Edinburgh academics
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Bussiness Standard: WikiLeaks document caused Hillary Clinton's defeat in US elections
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Breitbart News: Study: Trump dominated Clinton on Twitter in 2016 election despite attacking her less
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The Economic Times: WikiLeaks caused Hillary Clinton's defeat in US elections
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Eurek Alert: WikiLeaks gave Trump edge in campaign race, Twitter study finds
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The Scotsman: Wikileaks posts ‘harmed Clinton vote’, finds Scots research
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USA Today: Hillary Clinton lost the presidential Twitter war, study shows
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The Herald: How online criticism put Clinton at a disadvantage in election battle
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Pacific Standard: Twitter and Wikileaks greatly helped Trump
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Stornoway Gazette: Online criticism of WikiLeaks documents 'harmed Hillary Clinton election bid'
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The Oxford Times: Damning Hilary Clinton election study to be presented in Oxford
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First Post: WikiLeaks played key role in Hillary Clinton's defeat in US presidential election, says study
ISLAMOPHOBIA AND XENOPHOBIA
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Magdy W., K. Darwish, A. Rahimi, N. Abukhodair, T. Baldwin. #ISISisNotIslam or #DeportAllMuslims? Predicting Unspoken Views. Web Science 2016 link
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Darwish K. and W. Magdy. Attitudes towards Refugees in Light of the Paris Attacks. arXiv
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Magdy W., K. Darwish, N. Abokhodair. Quantifying Public Response towards Islam on Twitter after Paris Attacks. arXiv
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CNN: Social media users denounce #StopIslam trend after attack
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The Washington Post: Lots of people sent anti-Muslim tweets after the Paris attacks. Most of those people were American
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AlJazeera: Twitter was torn over refugees in wake of Paris: study
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UW Today: Study: Most tweets following fall Paris attacks defended Islam, Muslims
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Ghana Web: Migration and Islam split Twitter after Paris Attacks
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AlJazeera (Arabic): دراسة: المغردون الأميركيون الأكثر عداء للاجئين


ISIS SUPPORTERS ON TWITTER
Magdy W., K. Darwish, and I. Weber. #FailedRevolutions: Using Twitter to Study the Antecedents of ISIS Support. Under Submission. arXiv
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MIT Technology Review: Twitter Data Mining Reveals the Origins of Support for Islamic State
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Science Times: Scientists Use Twitter to Predict Who Will Fight for ISIS
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Mirror: ISIS: Twitter experts find 87% chance of predicting if someone will support terrorism
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Pacific Standard: From 'Facebook Revolution' to 'Twitter Jihad'
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NewStatesman: The algorithm that can predict Isis’s next move – before they even know what it is
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WIRED Germany (German): Sagen Tweets voraus, wer zum IS-Terroristen wird?
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Deutschlandradio Kultur (German): Mit Big Data auf den Spuren des IS
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Science ORF.at (German): Von #Gescheiterte Revolution zu #IS
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La Stampa Mondo (Italian): Chi, come e perché diventa pro Isis su Twitter
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Naftemporiki (Greek): «Διαβάζοντας» και προβλέποντας τους υποστηρικτές του Ισλαμικού Κράτους μέσα από το Twitter
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Enlace Judío México (Mexican): Análisis de datos de Twitter revela los orígenes del apoyo al Estado Islámico

MILITARY INTERVENTION IN EGYPTIAN POLITICS
Borge-Holthoefer J., W. Magdy, K. Darwish, and I. Weber. Content and Network Dynamics Behind Egyptian Political Polarization on Twitter. CSCW 2015 arXiv, ACM
News Articles:
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Sasapost (Arabic): دراسة علمية حول آراء المغردين في الإطاحة بـ«مرسي» وما تلا ذلك من أحداث
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Akhbarak (Arabic): دراسة علمية حول آراء المغردين في الإطاحة بـ«مرسي» وما تلا ذلك من أحداث
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Zifas (Arabic): دراسة علمية حول آراء المغردين في الإطاحة بـ«مرسي» وما تلا ذلك من أحداث