A new North Carolina State University study shows the potential for using Twitter and online news articles to track the timing and location of invasive insect spread in the United States and around the globe. Researchers ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2023
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The spread of misinformation as fake news via social media is a serious problem especially when it colors the opinions and actions of people unimpeded by critical thinking. Fake news in the area of politics, health and medicine, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2022
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The 2016 U.S. election was a wake-up call about the dangers of political misinformation on social media. With two more election cycles rife with misinformation under their belts, social media companies have experience identifying ...
Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2022
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Controlling the spread of misinformation on social media platforms has spurred important conversations about censorship and freedom of speech.
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2022
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It's no secret that the internet and social media fuel the rampant spread of (mis)information in many areas of life. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology on August 22 have explored this phenomenon as it applies to ...
Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2022
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A team of researchers at the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public has found social media platform managers could dramatically reduce the spread of misinformation on their sites by combining just a few ...
Global climate change has already exacerbated the risk of fire and is likely to fuel even more change as accelerating feedback loops create disastrous consequences for both biodiversity and human populations. Yet accurately ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 20, 2022
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New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science identifies a new method of implementing pandemic lockdowns that decreases infection rates while also limiting negative economic impacts.
Economics & Business
Jun 16, 2022
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The spread of fake news through "pavement media" in Africa means the continent needs unique techniques to tackle the spread of misinformation, a new study says.
Social Sciences
May 3, 2022
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Concerns about fake news and misinformation spreading on social media among Chinese communities are once again emerging, as they were during the 2019 election campaign.
Social Sciences
May 3, 2022
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