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What percentage of Twitter accounts created during the Boston Marathon event were deleted or suspended?
What percentage of Twitter accounts created during the Boston Marathon event were deleted or suspended?
What is the name of the Chrome browser extension developed to identify credible and non-credible tweets in real-time?
What is the name of the Chrome browser extension developed to identify credible and non-credible tweets in real-time?
What is the primary goal of the study in analyzing tweets related to the Boston Marathon event?
What is the primary goal of the study in analyzing tweets related to the Boston Marathon event?
What percentage of tweets were found to be rumors in the study?
What percentage of tweets were found to be rumors in the study?
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What metric was used to evaluate the efficiency of the classification model in the study?
What metric was used to evaluate the efficiency of the classification model in the study?
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How many features does the Tweet Cred browser extension use to make judgments on tweet credibility?
How many features does the Tweet Cred browser extension use to make judgments on tweet credibility?
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What is the primary focus of the analysis discussed in the text?
What is the primary focus of the analysis discussed in the text?
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What is the purpose of the graph illustrating the volume of tweets over time after the Boston blast?
What is the purpose of the graph illustrating the volume of tweets over time after the Boston blast?
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What is the consequence of fake information being retweeted thousands of times?
What is the consequence of fake information being retweeted thousands of times?
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Which technique is used to classify posts as legitimate or fake in the study?
Which technique is used to classify posts as legitimate or fake in the study?
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What is the size of the dataset analyzed in the study?
What is the size of the dataset analyzed in the study?
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How does the methodology used to collect data from events like the Boston Marathon involve?
How does the methodology used to collect data from events like the Boston Marathon involve?
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Study Notes
- The text discusses the importance of trust and credibility in online social media, particularly focusing on analyzing misinformation and rumors.
- The analysis includes examining data from events like the Boston Marathon bombings to study how information spreads on platforms like Twitter.
- A graph illustrates the volume of tweets over time after the Boston blast, showing a distinction between legitimate information (in red) and rumors (in blue and green).
- Examples of fake information spread during the Boston blast event are provided, highlighting the impact of false tweets being retweeted thousands of times.
- Strategies are discussed to address the spread of false information on social media, including identifying rumors early and reducing their propagation.
- Techniques for identifying false information involve analyzing user features (e.g., number of followers, verification status) and tweet features (e.g., length, emoticons).
- Classification techniques like Naive Bayes and decision trees are applied to classify posts as legitimate or fake, with decision trees showing higher efficiency.
- The study involves analyzing a large dataset of 7.8 million tweets related to the Boston Marathon event, with millions of users posting, geo-tagging, and engaging with the content.
- The methodology used to collect data from events like the Boston Marathon involves identifying relevant keywords and hashtags to track and analyze social media posts.
- Geotagging data reveals the distribution of tweets from different locations, with a concentration in the US during the Boston Marathon event.
- The analysis includes studying spikes in tweet volume post-event and examining how social media content correlates with real-world incidents.
- The goal is to differentiate between true and fake posts by analyzing features like tweet content, user profiles, and engagement metrics.Here is the summary of the text:
• The study analyzed tweets related to the Boston Marathon event to identify rumors and fake news. • 29% of tweets were found to be rumors, and 20% of tweets were generated by fake accounts. • The study collected 32,000 new Twitter accounts created during the event, but 90% of them were deleted or suspended. • The analysis showed that fake accounts were highly connected and operated in a closed community. • The study used machine learning approaches to identify legitimate and fake posts, including feature extraction, human annotation, and model creation. • The annotation process involved classifying tweets into four categories: contains information, related to the event, not related to the event, and skip. • The study used a metric called NDCG (Normalized Discounted Cumulative Gain) to evaluate the efficiency of the classification model. • The analysis found that features such as user information, tweet content, and recency of tweets were important in determining the credibility of a post. • A Chrome browser extension called Tweet Cred was built to identify credible and non-credible tweets in real-time using the developed model. • The extension uses 45 features, including presence of swear words, negative emotion words, and web of trust scores, to make judgments on tweet credibility. • The top 10 features that influence tweet credibility include number of characters, unique characters, and words in the tweet, as well as user information and tweet engagement metrics. • The study highlights the importance of analyzing social media content to identify credible and non-credible information, particularly in emergency response situations. • The analysis techniques used in this study can be applied to other social media platforms and domains beyond Twitter.
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This quiz explores the importance of trust and credibility in online social media, focusing on analyzing misinformation and rumors during the Boston Marathon bombings. It discusses the analysis of tweets, identification of fake information, and strategies to address the spread of false information on social media.
