Fake news is an established problem by now, with nothing much to add to it. Other than, how do we deal with it? We haveView More
Category: Online Landscape
The Politics of Internet Memes
by Yimin Chen, LIS PhD Candidate. In his opening monologue to the first Saturday Night Live broadcast following the 2016 US election, comedian Dave ChappelleView More
Mediations Team-Talk @Western: Fake News or Truth?
Silverman, Buzzfeed Canada, on Spreading the Truth in an Age of Viral Misinformation
Craig Silverman, the Founding Editor of Buzzfeed Canada, will deliver the Fall 2016 Clissold Lecture entitled “Spreading the Truth in an Age of Viral Misinformation”.View More
Digital Deception Detection project on GradCast
For his second interview on Gradcast, LiT.RL lab team member, Yimin Chen, returns to talk about our Digital Deception Detection project, funded by the GovernmentView More
Podcast On Trolling by Yimin Chen
In this podcast (http://gradcastradio.podbean.com/e/gradcast-52-trolling-yimin-chen/), LiT.RL lab team member, Yimin Chen, traces the history of internet trolling and explores some of the problematic implications of thisView More