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<a name="_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt">The Institute for Analytical Sociology Seminar</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;mso-fareast-language:SV"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Pa8" align="center" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span class="A8"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Venue: KO301, Campus Norrköping & Online on
Zoom </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span class="A8"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(see Zoom link in the end of the email)</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span class="A6"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="Pa8" align="center" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thursday, October 12 @<b>
<u>14:30CET</u></b></span><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="Pa8" align="center" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US">__________________________________________________</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt">Analyzing User and Group Behavior during Elections: Coordination, Bots and Misinformation<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:SV">Onur Varol<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Abstract:<br>
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">The unprecedented growth in social media use and large-scale information collection pose new threats, but also offer new opportunities. Modeling and managing complex
interactive systems requires the analysis of social and technological signals to gain new insights into human society and individual behavior. Online social networks play an essential role in our access to information and are a good proxy for studying population-level
behavior patterns and individual-level predictions. In this talk, I will present my research analyzing various account behaviors, from social bots spreading misinformation to coordinated activities during political campaigns and elections. I will also present
the dataset we collected and the system we developed for the #Secim2023 project, which we used to study the recent Turkish presidential elections. I will also briefly discuss the other projects we are doing in the VRL lab.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US">Join Zoom Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"></span><a href="https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/65535789369"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US">https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/65535789369</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US">Meeting ID: 655 3578 9369</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:SV">Best regards<br>
Madelene Töpfer<br>
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