ANR-Lab Seminar “Comparative analysis of topics covered by false and reliable news in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic”
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On Monday, March 28, at 20:00, a scientific seminar of the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research will be held, where Margarita Zhdankina, research-assistant at ANR-Lab, will talk about her research.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been an urgent topic of discussion in various media and social networks for several years. The lack of research and the rapid spread of infection around the world only contribute to an increase in media interest in this topic, but these same reasons contribute to the emergence of many fake headlines and conspiracy theories.
The seminar will present a media study of the COVID-19 pandemic in the framework of fake news and its comparison with real news. With the help of network analysis, the connections between the words most intensively used in the headlines of fake and real news were identified. On the basis of a database consisting of 3119 news, 2061 of which are true, and 1058 are fake or partially fake, an analysis of correlations between the most frequently mentioned words in the headlines was carried out, on the basis of which networks were built to analyze the main topics of news related to COVID-19.
The study was conducted in an explorative format and can be used as a basis for a deeper analysis of fake news related to the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, one of the prospects for the development of research is the expansion of the database, including taking into account the type of news source, news coverage, geographical location, etc. The research can also be developed using additional data analysis methods, such as sentiment analysis and ERGM models.
If you would like to participate in the seminar, please write to the research assistant of the laboratory Aryuna Kim (avkim@hse.ru, +7 (910) 416-72-82).
Date
28 March
20:00
Address
Zoom
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