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The Contribution of Verified Accounts to Self-Disclosure in COVID-Related Twitter Conversations

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Tingting Du,Prasanna Umar,Sarah Rajtmajer,Anna Squicciarini

The Pennsylvania State University,The Pennsylvania State University,The Pennsylvania State University,The Pennsylvania State University


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Vol. 16 (2022): Proceedings of the Sixteenth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media

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On Twitter, so-called verified accounts represent celebrities and organizations of public interest, selected by Twitter based on criteria for both activity and notability. Our work seeks to understand the involvement and influence of these accounts in patterns of self-disclosure, namely, voluntary sharing of personal information. In a study of 3 million COVID-19 related tweets, we present a comparison of self-disclosure in verified vs ordinary users. We discuss evidence of peer effects on self-disclosing behaviors and analyze topics of conversation associated with these practices.

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10.1609/icwsm.v16i1.19394


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Vol. 16 (2022): Proceedings of the Sixteenth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media