ESMH : Science and Practice of Virality on Social Media

ESMH : Science and Practice of Virality on Social Media

What drives virality on social media platforms? And how the European message can be conveyed more effectively?

ESMH Press Review – May 22, 2019

ESMH Press Review – May 22, 2019

Autonomous vehicles, mitigation of soil erosion and fake news: check the ESMH selection of 19 science & tech news published in the last 2 weeks on the web. Pick your favourite from the most popular topics in the mainstream media !

Kristof Varga at ESMH Event

Kristof Varga : “Content does not make things viral. People do.”

Kristof Varga is a Consultant on policy development and social media and formerly Director of the Public Division at Bakamo.Social. He participated in the ESMH event Virality and influencers in digital communication on 3 April 2019 in the European Parliament.

ESMH Press Review – May 7, 2019

ESMH Press Review – May 8, 2019

GDPR first anniversary, ecosystems and alternative medicine: check the ESMH selection of 19 science and tech news published in the last 2 weeks on the web. Pick your favourite from the most popular topics in the mainstream media!

ESMH Online disinformation during elections

Online disinformation during elections : researchers in Europe team up to monitor and analyse the situation

As has been the case for many recent national elections, the European Parliament elections are also facing the challenges of online disinformation. The European Commission is making an extra effort to push giant tech companies to implement a voluntary code of conduct against disinformation. European researchers are preparing the first studies on the topic.

Internet bots, a new vaccine against malaria and some latest reports on disinformation, ESMH Press Review

ESMH Press Review – April 26, 2019

Internet bots, a new vaccine against malaria and some latest reports on disinformation: check the ESMH selection of 24 science & tech news published in the last 2 weeks on the web. Pick your favourite from the most popular topics in the mainstream media !

ESMH workshop Virality and influencers in digital communication

ESMH workshop : Virality and influencers in digital communication April 3, 2019

What drives virality on the social media platforms? How can technology carry and amplify messages, so that they "go viral"? Who are the so-called "influencers" and how do they use the social media to increase followers? And how can the European message be conveyed more effectively?

Michael Bossetta at the ESMH Event

Michael Bossetta : “We need more research into what are the best technological structures to facilitate meaningful dialogue”

Michael Bossetta is social media expert, political and data scientist at the University of Copenhagen and podcaster. He participated in the ESMH event Virality and influencers in digital communication on 3 April in the European Parliament.