Leaked internal documents suggest Facebook — which recently renamed itself Meta — is doing far worse than it claims at minimizing Covid-19 vaccine misinformation…
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Focus Tag: Research Methods
Accounting for AI — a Comparison of Methods | Berkman Klein Center
November 1, 2021
A few years ago, Finale Doshi-Velez and Mason Kortz – and a squad of collaborators – unpacked explanation as one…
Lessons From the First Internet Ages | Knight Foundation
November 1, 2021
What is the future of the internet? Thirty years after the creation of the first web page, what have we…
Researchers win grant to combat misinformation | WSU Insider
by WSU Insider
October 15, 2021
Washington State University researcher Porismita Borah is part of a project to study the most effective methods of combating misinformation…
Covid-19 vaccine misinformation and narratives surrounding Black communities on social media | First Draft
by Kaylin Dodson, Jacquelyn Mason, and Rory Smith
October 15, 2021
Over 75 per cent of US adults have received at least one Covid-19 vaccination. Yet vaccination rates vary widely across…
Vaccine hesitancy in online spaces: A scoping review of the research literature, 2000-2020 | HKS Misinformation Review
by Timothy Neff, Jonas Kaiser, Dariusz Jemielniak, Siobhan Grayson, and Amy Zhang
October 13, 2021
We review 100 articles published from 2000 to early 2020 that research aspects of vaccine hesitancy in online communication spaces…
Job Opportunity: Research Data Scientist | New York University
by New York University
October 11, 2021
Description We are seeking a Researcher - Research Scientist to provide leadership and project management on our new, multilingual research infrastructure to…
“Interesting if true”: A factor that helps explain why people share misinformation | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Mark Coddington and Seth Lewis
October 7, 2021
Is there a journalist among us who has not been tempted by a hot story tip that sounds slightly implausible but, hey,…
Opinion: Will you fall into the conspiracy theory rabbit hole? Take our quiz and find out. | Washington Post
by David Byler and Yan Wu
October 7, 2021
Who believes in conspiracy theories? Statistically speaking: almost everyone. A team of researchers recently showed several thousand Americans a list of 20…
How Memes and Network Models Can Help Us Understand Conspiracy Theories | Technology Networks
by Nicolaus Copernicus University
October 1, 2021
The world is ruled by shape-shifting lizards, landing on the moon was fake, and a UFO crashed in Roswell. Where…