Date of Award
6-9-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Santa Clara : Santa Clara University, 2021.
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
First Advisor
Yuhong Liu
Abstract
Misinformation has become a pervasive issue on online social media. Whether it is spread purposefully with ill intent or accidentally through ignorance, misinformation can be dangerous and create confusion in those who are affected by it. The investigation presented in this paper found that no research has been performed that directly examine the correlation between a social community’s misinformation resistance and diversity. This project utilizes CrowdTangle, a tool to gather data from Facebook groups, along with machine learning models to determine if this correlation can be drawn. We were able to find correlations between some diversity metrics with misinformation resistance and discuss potential rationales for such correlations.
Recommended Citation
Chang, I; Sun, Orion; and Ahn, Jasper Sang, "Is Social Diversity Related to Misinformation Resistance? An Empirical Study on Social Communities" (2021). Computer Science and Engineering Senior Theses. 199.
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/cseng_senior/199