Retracted: Emergent structures of attention on social media are driven by amplification and triad transitivity

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: (or "third who joins"). We use an innovative technique to identify time-bounded Twitter/X following events, and then use difference-in-differences to show that attention brokers cause triad transitivity by amplifying content. Attention brokers intervene in the evolution of any sociotechnical system where individuals can amplify content while referencing its originator.

Source: PNAS Nexus

DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf106

Authors: Alyssa H Smith, Jon Green, Brooke F. Welles, David Lazer

Institutions: Northeastern University, Duke University

Language: English

Topic: Complex Network Analysis Techniques

Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,202

Funder: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program