Why Do People Share Disinformation On Social Media?
Why do people spread disinformation online? Are they fooled by the disinformation, and spread it because they believe it is true? Do they know…
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Shape Shifting Across Social Media
Shape Shifting Across Social Media by CREST doctoral researcher Brittany Davidson. This poster presents Davidson’s research which investigates user interaction and behaviour across social media…
Influence In Extremist Messaging
How can uncovering patterns in extremist messaging help with identifying and countering extremist content? Sheryl Prentice explains. Roshonara Choudhry, a London-based student arrested for…
Shape Shifting Across Social Media
Shape Shifting Across Social Media by CREST Doctoral Researcher Brittany Davidson. Brittany’s poster presents a mixed methods study that seeks to investigate user interaction…
CREST Digest (Issue 2) : MAR 17
In our second issue of the CREST Digest we look at how the Islamic State groom youth via social media, what makes the best…