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Spread of misinformation

Topic Description

Social media platforms are regularly blamed for facilitating the spread of misinformation. However, the manipulation of information by newspapers and public figures, and their role in the spread of misinformation, are not receiving much attention. This PhD will device methods to track the spread of misinformation across multiple medias and networks, to better understand their global dynamics and sources of influence.

This project will be jointly supervised with professor Hanith Alani of the Knowledge Media Institute. ( https://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/member/harith-alani )

Skills Required:

There are many ways this project could be taken forward, depending on the interests or skills of the applicant. You should be strong programmer, and also have demonstrable skills in one or more of machine learning, natural language processing, or network analysis.

Background Reading:

https://oro.open.ac.uk/53734/

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