Abstract How do we detect, deter, and prevent the spread of mis- and disinformationwith the human eye and AI? How does theory inform the practice,View More
Category: Language Technology
Disinformation & Misinformation Triangle Published in Journal of Documentation
The Disinformation and misinformation triangle (Rubin, 2019) is a conceptual model for ‘fake news’ epidemic, causal factors and interventions. Author’s Keywords: disinformation, misinformation, deception; Internet,View More
Rubin’s Speech at 2017 “Fake News” Workshop is on YouTube
On 5 October 2017 Dr. Rubin gave a speech in Montréal at the Workshop entitled “Les fausses nouvelles : le nouveau visage d’un vieux problème”View More
Team Talk at the FIMS Seminar Series
Strategies That Sell: Revealing Deceptive and Misleading Practices in Digital MediaWednesday, March 7, 2018 @12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. in FNB 4070Presented by Victoria Rubin,View More
Keynote Speech at the Information Without Borders Conference 2018
On February 13, 2018 Dr. Rubin presented at the Information Without Borders Conference. The working title of her talk is The Disinformation Triangle: The EpidemiologyView More
Response to Theory and Criticism Talk
On Thursday, January 11, 2018, Andrew Woods, a first year PhD student from Theory and Criticism at Western, presented his talk entitled “The Faked DeathView More
Crossing Language Barriers Poster Session at FIMS, Western
Quiz: What languages are the signs in? What do you think they say? Do they have anything in common? “Crossing Language Barriers for Information ProvisionView More
Featured on the Australian “Talk the Talk” Podcast
Professor Rubin and Sarah Cornwell were interviewed by Daniel Midgley, an Australian radio show host on deception and satire detection for his podcast, “Talk theView More
Invited Speech at “Les fausses nouvelles : le nouveau visage d’un vieux problème”, Montreal
Dr. Rubin was invited to speak at the Workshop “Les fausses nouvelles : le nouveau visage d’un vieux problème” [Fake news: a new face ofView More
Research Profiled in University Affairs Magazine
Our research team’s research was profiled in the article “Researchers at Western build satire detector for news websites” on universityaffairs.ca on August 14, 2017. [UniversityView More