What are we working on now? What’s the next step? With the support and encouragement from the FIMS Dean’s Office, our LiT.RL team has recently entered an AI competition to automate the fact-checking process by flagging whether a claim is true, false, or partly true. The Schulich’s Leaders Prize, “Fact or Fake News?” is run Read More …
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Join Us @Western for “Doors Open London” | Try Our News Verification Browser | Talk to Researchers
On Saturday, September 14, many units on campus will be participating in a London event called “Doors Open London”, where and in the city open our doors to the public. Some of you and your families may want to be part of the FIMS events. If so, you could join us for our Library, Studio, Read More …
LiT.RL Welcomes New PhD Student, Nicole Delellis
Nicole is joining the FIMS PhD Program in LIS and we are excited to have her on board of our LiT.RL team! Nicole is no stranger to the group. She has previously volunteered by doing some transcriptions and data entry, she has set in on several lab meetings and has been part of 8-months guided Read More …
Course Renamed & Will be Offered for Graduate Students Faculty-Wide
FIMS 9732 Understanding Language Technologies: Design, Use and Applications is a newly renamed course that is in its essence a humanities-friendly introduction to Natural Language Processing (NLP). The course is now in the process of being revamped and updated. Its content is in flux due to the latest research and development in the field, Read More …
Call for Study Participants: News Verification Browser Usability
Some light digital work is awaiting you… We are still looking for a few more participants to try out our newly developed AI tool, the News Verification Browser. The NV Browser flags clickbait, falsehoods and satirical fakes in online news. For example, see the BBC’s online front page for Thursday, 11th of July, 2019, and Read More …
Misinformation & Disinformation Book Project Underway
As the academic term is coming to its end, I am formally starting the process of assembling materials for an 8-10 chapter book, tentatively called “Misinformation and Disinformation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.” This book will be loosely based on the course topics I just taught at FIMS, Western. The course goals are described on my Teaching Website Read More …
End-of-Class Poster Session: Case Studies of Misinforming & Disinforming
When? Wed, April 10th 10:30 am – 1:00 p.m. Where? FIMS & Nursing Building (FNB) Atrium (1st floor lobby). Who? Graduate FIMS Students (See List of topics by presenters below) What’s happening? FIMS is holding a joint Poster Session (FIMS 9328 – Misinformation & Viral Deception, and LIS 9004 – Research Methods & Statistics). For Read More …
Lazar to Present on Detecting Lies in Criminal Cases
On April 5, 2019, Zaia Lazar, an expert on investigative interviewing techniques and instructor of front line supervisor course at the Ontario Police College presents a talk, entitled “Detecting deception in criminal cases” as part of the “Guest Speaker Series on Misinformation, Disinformation” in FIMS9328 Graduate Course at Western University. Lazar’s investigative work received local Read More …
Cornwell presents on Covert Advertising
On March 15, 2019, Sarah Cornwell, LIS PhD Candidate, gave a talk, entitled “Covert Advertising: How marketing is hidden in Canadian Newspapers” as part of the “Guest Speaker Series on Misinformation, Disinformation” in FIMS9328 Graduate Course at Western University. Sarah worked on distinguishing features of native ads (or sponsored content) by contrast with editorials, as Read More …
Wong on Motivations for Sharing News on Social Media
On March 12, 2019, Lola Wong, LIS PhD Candidate, gave a talk, entitled “Motivations for Sharing News & Non-personal Content on Social Media” as part of the “Guest Speaker Series on Misinformation, Disinformation” in FIMS9328 Graduate Course at Western University. The talk was based on Lola’s work in collaboration and under the supervision of Dr. Read More …