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Item type: Item , Reporting during the COVID-19 eras: Media attention and news framing through a large-scale computational analysis(2024-01-03) Ritchart, Amy; Britt, Rebecca; Kanthawala, Shaheen; Jannat, Khadiza Tul; Jones, NaiyanThe present study examined framing that emerged in global newspaper coverage of the COVID-19 vaccine through a large-scale computational qualitative analysis of five critical time periods. The study revealed an increase in the concentration of media attention occurring as the vaccine was developed and distributed. Frames of action and consequence, as well as attribution of responsibility, pro-science, tracking and documenting, and issues relating to efficacy and safety surrounding preventative actions and public health solutions emerged.Item type: Item , Introduction to the Minitrack on Mediated Conversation(2024-01-03) Masullo, Gina; Kalman, Yoram; Lewis, SethItem type: Item , Exploring the Network and Topic Stability in Climate Change Deniers’ Disinformation Network: A Longitudinal Study(2024-01-03) Yang, AimeiThis study examines the stability and evolution of network structure and discussion topics among a group of prominent climate change deniers. Focusing on social-mediated information-sharing networks, the research addresses two key questions: 1) How stable is the information-sharing network among climate change deniers? And 2) do climate change deniers' topic strategies change over time? Using social network analysis, and deep-learning-based natural language models, the study analyzes the stability and structure of climate change deniers’ disinformation discourse over a decade. The findings reveal that while the climate change denial network remains stable in terms of size and core group composition, sub-groups continuously emerge and dissolve. Deniers consistently utilized certain topics over the decade. Practical and theoretical implications are also discussed.