Many technology companies like Amazon and Facebook use algorithms to determine what content should be presented to users based on their previous behavior and preferences. Search algorithms are also a key determinant of what information is presented. Platform search results are one of the main ways people retrieve and believe…
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Instagram continues to be one of the fastest growing social networks and currently has more than one billion users. While Instagram has not been a focus of investigations into misinformation, it has not been immune to bad actors. And the nature of the Instagram platform, for example the inability to…
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University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Assistant Professor Juliana Fernandes has won an $83,000 UF 2020 Research Opportunity Seed Fund Competition award to explore how to detect and address influence tactics in online propaganda. The proposal by Fernandes and Wertheim College of Engineering Associate Professor Daniela Oliveira…
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