Detecting Conspiracy Theories on Social Media: Improving Machine Learning to Detect and Understand Online Conspiracy Theories

William Marcellino,Todd C Helmus,Joshua Kerrigan,Hilary Reininger,Rouslan I Karimov

Detecting Conspiracy Theories on Social Media: Improving Machine Learning to Detect and Understand Online Conspiracy Theories
Format
Paperback
Publisher
RAND
Country
United States
Published
29 April 2021
Pages
108
ISBN
9781977406897

Detecting Conspiracy Theories on Social Media: Improving Machine Learning to Detect and Understand Online Conspiracy Theories

William Marcellino,Todd C Helmus,Joshua Kerrigan,Hilary Reininger,Rouslan I Karimov

Conspiracy theories circulated online contribute to a shift in public discourse away from facts and analysis and can contribute to public harm. Using linguistic and rhetorical theory, RAND researchers conducted a modeling effort to improve machine-learning technology for detecting conspiracy theory language. This report describes the results of that effort and offers recommendations to counter the effects of online conspiracy theories.

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