Qian-Yun Wu

Uncovering Non-Normality in Information Flow: Network Structure and Dynamics of Social Media Cascades

Information cascades on social media are conventionally conceptualized as directed, feedforward branching processes. However, real-world diffusion pathways frequently deviate from pure hierarchical trees due to localized clustering, reciprocal commentary, and multi-wave temporal surges. In this work, we quantify the di...