Kai Zhu

Bocconi University

Milano

Italy

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

6

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1,824

SSRN CITATIONS

3

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2

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“  I am interested in understanding the impact of technology on our economy, culture, politics, and society. One topic I am particularly passionate about is to investigate the bias, inequality, and polarization that exist in many digital systems (e.g. Wikipedia, Twitter, broadcast media) that are enabled by modern information technology and learn how we can overcome them to facilitate greater economic and societal success. In my research, I combine machine learning, natural language processing, causal inference, and other computational tools to learn about human behavior and system dynamics in the real-world using large-scale structured and unstructured data  ”

Scholarly Papers (6)

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Content Growth and Attention Contagion in Information Networks: Addressing Information Poverty on Wikipedia

Kai Zhu, Dylan Walker, Lev Mucchnik, "Content Growth and Attention Contagion in Information Networks: Addressing Information Poverty on Wikipedia", Forthcoming at Information Systems Research
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 12 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2021
Kai Zhu, Dylan Walker and Lev Muchnik
Bocconi University, Chapman University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Jerusalem School of Business Administration
Downloads 454 (123,412)
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User-Generated Content, Open Collaboration Platforms, Information Consumption, Attention Contagion, Spillover Effect

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If a Tree Falls in the Forest: COVID-19, Media Choices, and Presidential Agenda Setting

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 23 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2020
Boston College Political Science, Bocconi University, Chapman University and Microsoft Research
Downloads 428 (132,252)

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Is It Time for a Platform Magna Carta?

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 27 Apr 2022
Bocconi University, Chapman University and Boston University - Department of Management Information Systems
Downloads 339 (171,590)

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digital platforms, privately-owned public infrastructure, social justice, magna carta

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Negative Peer Feedback and User Content Generation: Evidence from a Restaurant Review Platform

Production and Operations Management (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 04 May 2023
Bocconi University, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and University of Oklahoma
Downloads 240 (244,758)

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feedback mechanism, negative feedback, user-generated content, platform operation

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Monetizing Your Platform: Understanding the Supply and Demand Responses to a Marketplace Participation Fee

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 10 May 2023
Bocconi University, Bocconi University and Tilburg University - Department of Marketing
Downloads 237 (247,769)

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Platform Monetization, Cultural Products, Online Marketplace, Two-sided Market

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI Technology in Bridging Digital Language Divide: Insights from Machine Translation on Wikipedia

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 12 Feb 2024
Kai Zhu and Dylan Walker
Bocconi University and Chapman University
Downloads 126 (427,852)

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machine translation, artificial intelligence, digital language divide, multilingual environment, peer production platform