Exploring online spread

Indiana University data and media scientists are interested in the spread of misinformation and are making some of their tools available. The portal for these tools is called OsoMe (awesome). An additional source for some of this work is available from the WSJ (you should be able to watch the video even if you do not have a subscription).

I have been exploring with a tool they have named HOAXY. You can take advantage of searches they have already completed on fact checks or claims from sketchy sources. These are based on the references to the titles of online articles. You can also search for terms (in twitter or articles). I have done several searches using the derogatory nicknames President Trump assigns to those he labels adversaries. The following is for the term “obamagate” which is a recent term. This term was used several days ago without retweeting, but has exploded today.

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