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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"false information"”.
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Guarding truthfulness: Detecting and correcting false information
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms
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False memory production: effects of self-consistent false information and motivated cognition
… of one's personal past and the development of false memories have recently received intense public scrutiny. Based upon self-schema (Markus, 1977) and self-verification (Swann, 1987) theories, two studies were conducted to investigate the hypothesis that a self-schema guides cognitive …
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Radical Activism in the Misinformation Age - How can Social Movements Counter the Circulation of Online False Information About Climate Change?
Over the past several years, online disinformation and misinformation concerning climate change have gained substantive attention within the scientific community. However, while the dynamics that drive the circulation of false online information have been analysed extensively, it remains unclear …
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DUAL DISRUPTIONS: OVERCOMING THE EFFECTS OF DISASTERS AND MIS-, DIS-, AND MAL-INFORMATION ON DEMOCRACIES
… the current environment of mis-, dis-, and mal-information spreading in the media ecosystem and intensifying disaster challenges. This thesis examines how democratic governments can maintain legitimacy after a catastrophic disaster in the age of false information. It uses the comparative case …
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Self-stabilizing sorting algorithms
… handles transient faults by weeding out false information in the system. Nodes can start with completely false information concerning the values and ids of the system yet the intended behavior is still achieved. Also, nodes are allowed to crash and re-enter the system later as well as …
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Disinformation, Science Communication and Trust: Food Rumours in Thailand
Abstract False information on the internet is one of the important global agendas. It becomes much more intensive since the rise of social media uses. The information leads people to have false beliefs and actions. There are many types of false information on the Internet. However, the food rumour …
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The Use of Recollection Rejection in the Misinformation Paradigm
… the role of recollection rejection in rejecting false suggestions using the misinformation paradigm. The use of model-based measurement of recollection rejection was extended to the misinformation paradigm. I manipulated two factors, delay and feedback, that are known to influence the use of …
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Understanding and Combating Online Social Deception
… task, we investigate the intent and tactics of false informers (e.g., fake news spreaders) in propagating fake news or false information. We understand false informers' intent more accurately based on intent-related phrases from fake news contexts to decide on effective and efficient defenses …
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Using natural language to predict bias and factuality in media with a study on rationalization
… news is a widespread problem due to the ease of information spread online, and its ability to deceive large populations with intentionally false information. The damage it causes is exacerbated by its political links and loaded language, which make it polarizing in nature, and preys on peoples' …
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Analyzing information diffusion in social media networks
… is a dynamic platform where a wide range of information is shared, including both true and false content, and it involves interactions between human users and social bots. This study investigates information diffusion patterns on X (formerly Twitter) by analyzing retweet (repost) network …
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Hyperpartisanship in Web Searched Articles
… refers to articles that deliberately contain false information to influence readers. Substantial dissemination of misinformation has been recognized to influence election results. This work focuses on hyperpartisanship in web-searched articles which refers to web searched articles which have …
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Facebook's ‘white genocide' problem: a sociotechnical exploration of problematic information, shareability, and social correction in a South African context
… model of media effects to a very real disinformation problem that continues to inflame race relations in South Africa. Three pivotal questions are addressed, relating to (1) how Facebook users on farm attack/murder-focused pages engage with problematic information (fake news) and why; (2) …
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Anglo-Spanish relations during the early years of Elizabeth I, 1558-1574
… with the exception of de Silva, sent so much false information to him that it was almost impossible to comprehend the political atmosphere in England. One area of Anglo- Spanish relations that was continually exaggerated were the affairs of the English Catholics. The resident ambassadors were …
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Emocijų įtaka klaidingų prisiminimų formavimuisi /
… The impact of emotions on the development of false memories. Master‘s thesis. Vilnius: Vilnius University, p. 78. In the legal process, understanding how false memories are formed and what influences their development is crucial. To avoid mistakes in making important decisions and to …
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Misinformation, Disinformation, and the Erosion of Institutional Trust: The Role of Social Media in Democracy
<p>In recent years, social media-driven misinformation and disinformation have helped erode public trust in democratic institutions. This thesis examines how constant exposure to false online content correlates with declining confidence in democracy and evaluates the roles of platforms, …
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A Data mining study of ranking within social networks
… and the possibility of unreliable or false information. This thesis addresses the following related questions. What are appropriate measures for ranking participants in social networks? Does the ranking within networks mirror those based on traditional measures for ranking …
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Automatic detection and verification of rumors on Twitter
The spread of malicious or accidental misinformation in social media, especially in time-sensitive situations such as real-world emergencies can have harmful effects on individuals and society. This thesis develops models for automated detection and verification of rumors (unverified information) …
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The challenges of communicating global pandemics as national security issue: A case study of COVID-19 in Namibia
… result of mixed messaging and the circulation of false information on social media. Furthermore, it was found that the public mistrusted the government, World Health Organization and others due to inconsistencies in the information provided on the pandemic. On the basis of the findings, …
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Monte Carlo Tree Search Applications to Neural Theorem Proving
… is hallucination, where models generate false information. Another such problem is the tradeoff between model size and computational cost. Larger models use more VRAM, in addition to requiring longer training and inference times. This work explores solutions to these problems, namely …
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