The Trustees of Dartmouth College Office of Sponsored Projects Division, doing business as Dartmouth College, received a $213,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) for the period from May 15, 2023 to April 30, 2025.
Under this award, Dartmouth College will conduct collaborative research to deepen understanding of polarization and the diffusion of misleading statements on social media. Using previously collected Twitter data and new data to be collected and anonymized, the researchers will investigate the impact of polarization on the dissemination of misleading information in online networks. They will develop analytical methods to evaluate message content and veracity, user alignments, and structural characteristics of misleading statement cascades. The goal is to gain insights that can inform strategies to more effectively identify, track, and contain the spread of misinformation before widespread diffusion. Findings from this research aim to improve trustworthiness in digital spaces.
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