Australian scientists say Twitter bots were highly influential during the first US Presidential debate
Via Business Insider
VOSON Lab organises Third Annual ASNAC conference
The VOSON Lab, ANU School of Sociology and ANU Centre for Social Research and methods are organising the Third Annual Australian Social Network Analysis Conference 2018: the third national meeting for social network analysis (SNA) researchers and practitioners. The conference will bring together scholars from key universities and research
#SocSciWeek: Digital Society Symposium
Social Science Week is taking place this week (10-16 September, 2018), in different locations across Australia. In #SocSciWeek, social science researchers will be presenting papers, public lectures, seminars and workshops on varied topics, open to academic and non-academic audiences.
Misinformation and Media: Mapping the Spread of News on Twitter
The event of media misinformation, defined as an "accidental statement of factually incorrect claims" - which can be "strategic or intentional", leads to raise questions on to what extent Echo Chambers (media environments where people only connect with like-minded others) and Filter Bubbles (resulting from media content being algorithmically selected to match previous consumer choices) impact p
VOSON Lab visit to Médialab Sciences Po in Paris
Rob Ackland and Tim Graham visited the Médialab Sciences Po in Paris, where they presented at the weekly research methods workshop. Organised by the Medialab director Paul Girard, the visit was an opportubity for the VOSON Lab to exchange ideas around digital tools for social Sciences and to meet with Gephi developer: Mathieu Jacomy.
10 Years of Web Science: Closing The Loop
Rob Ackland has been invited to participate in the workshop: 10 Years of Web Science: Closing The Loop, organised by the Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics), where he presented the research: #DebateNight: The Role and Influence of Socialbots on Twitter Du
Unsocial Media: The rise of group-think and communities of belief on Facebook
via Policy Forum
Social media platforms are driving the creation of a new type of knowledge, even if it’s false, writes Timothy Graham.
VOSON Lab awarded RSSS Research Grant
The VOSON Lab was awarded a Cross-College Research Grant from the ANU Research School of Social Sciences.
