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Research Funding Opportunities: November 15, 2024

Friday November 15, 2024

International First Opportunity Sponsor: Department of State,  Public Affairs Section (PAS), U.S. Consulate General, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Funding Opportunity Title: Annual Program Statement (APS) …
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Janet Coats Comments on Lack of Local Hurricane Coverage and Rescue Efforts Hindered by Misinformation

Monday October 14, 2024

Janet Coats, managing director of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, and Joy Mayer, executive director and founder of …
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Untrustworthy Hyperlinks on News Sites are Adding to the Misinformation Crisis

Tuesday September 17, 2024

Misinformation is spreading rapidly in the digital universe, especially during election season, and the hyperlinks found on untrustworthy news sites may be partly to blame. Jieun Shin, Ph.D., an …
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How UF is Combatting AI Misinformation in Elections

Tuesday February 20, 2024

This story originally appeared in UF News on Feb. 12, 2024. As the 2024 election season ramps up, voters are looking for reliable information about candidates to help them decide who to support on …
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Reputation Matters. Don’t Bend Under Platform Pressure

Thursday December 21, 2023

This article by Jieun Shin, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications assistant professor, originally appeared in the Dec. 7 issue of InContext, a publication by Digital Content …
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Study: Political Fandom Can Moderate the Effect of Partisanship on Biased Information Seeking and Sharing

Tuesday November 21, 2023

A new study has found that political fandom moderates the effects of partisanship on biased information seeking and sharing. The findings by Won-Ki Moon, University of Florida College of Journalism …
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Twitter Users Engage More with Factual Discourse than Misinformation

Thursday October 5, 2023

The problem of misinformation or disinformation being disseminated on social media has been well established and documented. But a new study suggests that users actually find factual posts more …
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Study: AI and Crowdsourcing Labels Can Minimize Biases in the Fact-Checking Process

Monday September 18, 2023

A new study has found that artificial intelligence (AI) and crowdsourcing labels can minimize biased perspectives in fact-checking processes. The findings by Won-Ki Moon, University of Florida …

All: Threats to Democracy

Sunday September 10, 2023

Sponsor: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Funding Opportunity Title: Threats to Democracy Key words: Democracy, Misinformation, Mass media, journalism, documentary film Link to …

All: Science Misinformation: Journalism in the Age of Truth Decay

Sunday September 10, 2023

Sponsor: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Funding Opportunity Title: Science Misinformation: Journalism in the Age of Truth Decay Key words: Misinformation, Mass media, journalism, documentary …
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Study: Factual Social Media Posts About COVID-19 Were More Engaging Than Messages Containing Misinformation

Monday August 21, 2023

A new study has found that factual tweets, regardless of whether they were COVID-related, were more engaging than misinformation tweets. The findings by Juliana Fernandes, University of Florida …
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Carma Bylund Co-Authors Articles on COVID Vaccine Communication and Cancer Misinformation on Social Media

Friday July 30, 2021

Carma Bylund, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations professor and professor in the Division of Hematology & Oncology at the UF College of Medicine, is …
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Cancer Misinformation and Harmful Information Prevalent on Facebook and Other Social Media

Friday July 30, 2021

One third of the most popular cancer treatment articles on social media contain misinformation. Further, the vast majority of that misinformation has the potential to harm cancer patients by …
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Strategies to Overcome Misinformation and Instill Confidence in Vaccines

Sunday February 14, 2021

Despite more than 450,000 deaths from COVID-19 so far in the U.S., nearly a third of Americans say they definitely or probably will not get the vaccine, according to a recent Associated Press-NORC …
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Dr. Jieun Shin: Algorithms and Their Impact on Misinformation

Sunday January 10, 2021

CJC Telecommunication Assistant Professor Jieun Shin was interviewed on Nov. 10, 2020 about her research on algorithms, AI and the spread of misinformation. Below the video is an edited transcript of …
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Algorithms and Health Misinformation: A Case Study of Vaccine Books on Amazon

Wednesday August 5, 2020

Many technology companies like Amazon and Facebook use algorithms to determine what content should be presented to users based on their previous behavior and preferences.  Search algorithms are also …
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Misinformation on Instagram: The Impact of Trusted Endorsements on Message Credibility

Tuesday June 30, 2020

Instagram continues to be one of the fastest growing social networks and currently has more than one billion users. While Instagram has not been a focus of investigations into misinformation, it has …
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Juliana Fernandes Awarded $83,000 in UF Research Competition

Tuesday June 30, 2020

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Assistant Professor Juliana Fernandes has won an $83,000 UF 2020 Research Opportunity Seed Fund Competition award to explore …