#sad II. Social network Architectures of Disinformation II
| Project responsable | Pierre Vandergheynst |
| Team member |
Benjamin Ricaud
Nicolas Aspert Vincent Carlino |
| Project partner | Nathalie Pignard Cheynel |
| Abstract |
The goal of the project is to better understand the activity in
social networks both from a research and from a journalistic
perspective by developing an exploration tool of social networks.
In addition to this main, application-oriented goal, the project
will seek to answer more fundamental questions. We will measure the
influence of particular users and communities within social
networks, and how these entities proceed to gain influence and
increase their audience. We will analyze the evolution over time of
different topics to better understand the birth, life and death of
news and discussions. We will investigate the relationships between
the social network connections, the text of posts through
lexicometry and language processing and the controversy of a theme.
The complementary expertise in data science, social science and
journalism of the project team will be crucial for this project
where the technical and social complexity is challenging. |
| Keywords |
Social networks, graph signal processing, network analysis, dynamic activity over networks, fake news, natural language processing, lexicometry |
| Type of project | Applied research project |
| Research area | Journalism studies; Computer science; Lexicometry |
| Method of financing | Intiative for Media Innovation |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Start of project | 1-2-2021 |
| End of project | 31-1-2022 |
| Overall budget | 137483,75 |
| Contact | Nathalie Pignard-Cheynel |