Leaked internal documents suggest Facebook — which recently renamed itself Meta — is doing far worse than it claims at minimizing Covid-19 vaccine misinformation…
Focus Tag: Research Methods
Accounting for AI — a Comparison of Methods | Berkman Klein Center
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The world is ruled by shape-shifting lizards, landing on the moon was fake, and a UFO crashed in Roswell. Where…