How “information gerrymandering” influences voters
Study analyzes how networks can distort voters’ perceptions and change election results.
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | Sept. 4, 2019 | mit~8 mins
Tags: politics voting-and-elections behavioral-economics game-theory networks research social-media technology-and-society film-and-television government political-science sloan-school-of-management
Peering under the hood of fake-news detectors
Study uncovers language patterns that AI models link to factual and false articles; underscores need for further testing.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | Feb. 6, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: research computer-science-and-technology algorithms politics technology-and-society language artificial-intelligence ethics social-media writing computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs school-of-engineering
Want to squelch fake news? Let the readers take charge
Study shows audience judgments can identify online misinformation.
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | Jan. 28, 2019 | mit~8 mins
Tags: research sloan-school-of-management politics social-media technology-and-society
In China, a link between happiness and air quality
Moods expressed on social media tend to decline when air pollution gets worse, study finds.
Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent | Jan. 21, 2019 | mit~6 mins
Tags: urban-studies-and-planning school-of-architecture-and-planning china asia social-media earth-and-atmospheric-sciences research environment pollution cities mental-health
Why some Wikipedia disputes go unresolved
Study identifies reasons for unsettled editing disagreements and offers predictive tools that could improve deliberation.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | Nov. 6, 2018 | mit~9 mins
Tags: research machine-learning data internet crowdsourcing social-media technology-and-society computer-science-and-technology computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs school-of-engineering
Celebrating 21st century statistics | MIT News
MIT Statistics and Data Science Conference highlights new approaches and varied applications.
Scott Murray | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society | May 8, 2018~5 mins |
Tags: statistics data idss special-events-and-guest-speakers research social-media artificial-intelligence economics algorithms electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs school-of-engineering
Featured video: On alien typos and self-care, in conversation with Seth Meyers | MIT News
Grad student Jonny Sun jokes on late-night TV about his alien persona and the unique challenges of working on a PhD while creating a graphic novel.
MIT News Office | May 3, 2018~2 mins |
Tags: students urban-studies-and-planning featured-video twitter graduate-postdoctoral books-and-authors social-media school-of-architecture-and-planning diversity-and-inclusion
Using friends to fight online harassment | MIT News
CSAIL’s “Squadbox” uses “friendsourcing” to better support targets of cyberbullying.
Adam Conner-Simons | Rachel Gordon | CSAIL | April 5, 2018~5 mins |
Tags: research social-media crowdsourcing technology-and-society computer-science-and-technology electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail school-of-engineering internet
Study: On Twitter, false news travels faster than true stories | MIT News
Research project finds humans, not bots, are primarily responsible for spread of misleading information.
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | March 8, 2018~8 mins |
Tags: sloan-school-of-management media-lab politics social-media research school-of-architecture-and-planning technology-and-society
Political Methodology Lab to dig deep into new kinds of data | MIT News
Founder Teppei Yamamoto designs new tools to comprehend political behavior transformed by digital technology.
Leda Zimmerman | Department of Political Science | Feb. 15, 2018~7 mins |
Tags: shass political-science big-data social-media voting-and-elections social-sciences research government technology-and-society behavior democracy politics policy
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