Misinformation Research Symposium

This workshop aimed to help connect misinformation researchers on campus, foster interdisciplinary teams interested in collaborating on external submissions, and to learn more about the needs of existing and emerging research groups on campus. The event included opening remarks by Gordon Pennycook, Assistant Professor at the University of Regina, flash talk presentations, and discussion groups. Below are the timestamps for each talk:

Gordon Pennycook | Keynote speech
Junghwan Yang | Cross-Platform Analysis of Right-Wing Information
Ewa Maslowska | Identifying and Debunking Misinformation: Fake Review, Microtargeting, and Neural Networks
Mira Sotirovic | Propaganda and Misinformation in Local News Media
Kate McDowell | Anti-Infodemic Storytelling: Evidence and Response
Harsh Taneja | Perspectives on why fact checkers fail: Evidence from the two largest democracies
Dong Wang | Misinformation Detection and Explanation by Harnessing the Power of Social Intelligence
Nikki Usher | Platforms, Politics, and Local News in Illinois
Kevin Leicht | The Presentation of Self in Virtual Life
Jessie Chin | What makes false and true health messages viral?
Ian Brooks | Anti-Infodemic Virtual Center for Health Informatics: The WHO Collaborating Center for Information Systems for Health
Sang-Hwa Oh | The effect of misinformation and how to counteract it
Cabral Bigman-Galimore | Examining cancer-related mis/information on social media
Leona Yi-Fan Su | Using digital technologies to correct health misperceptions
Jodi Schneider | Misinformation in Science: Continued Use of Retracted Papers