Publications

This is a list of peer-reviewed publications. For a more extended record of my work, including pre-prints, please visit my Google Scholar Page.

2026

Kayla Duskin, Joseph S. Schafer, Alexandros Efstratiou, Jevin D. West, Emma S. Spiro
The Role of Follow Networks and Twitter’s Content Recommender on Partisan Skew and Rumor Exposure during the 2022 US Midterm Election
To appear in Proceedings of the 20th International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2026)
preprint

2025

Alexandros Efstratiou
On YouTube Search API Use in Research
To appear in Proceedings of the ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC ‘25)
preprint

2024

Alexandros Efstratiou, Marina Efstratiou, Satrio Yudhoatmojo, Jeremy Blackburn, Emiliano De Cristofaro
“Here’s Your Evidence’’: False Consensus in Public Twitter Discussions of COVID-19 Science
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW ‘24)
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Alexandros Efstratiou
Deliberate Exposure to Opposing Views and its Association with Behavior and Rewards on Political Communities
Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2024 (WWW ‘24)
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2023

Alexandros Efstratiou, Jeremy Blackburn, Tristan Caulfield, Gianluca Stringhini, Savvas Zannettou, Emiliano De Cristofaro Non-Polar Opposites: Analyzing the Relationship Between Echo Chambers and Hostile Intergroup Interactions on Reddit
17th International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2023)
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2022

Alexandros Efstratiou, Emiliano De Cristofaro
Adherence to misinformation on social media through socio-cognitive and group-based processes
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW 2022)
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*Jack P. Hughes, Alexandros Efstratiou, Sara R. Komer, Lilli A. Baxter, Milica Vasiljevic, Ana C. Leite
The impact of risk perceptions and belief in conspiracy theories on COVID-19 pandemic-related behaviours
PLOS One, 17(2)
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*Joint first author.