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Synthetic Misinformers: Generating and Combating Multimodal Misinformation

Proceedings of the 2nd ACM International Workshop on Multimedia AI against Disinformation, 2023
With the expansion of social media and the increasing dissemination of multimedia content, the spread of misinformation has become a major concern. This necessitates effective strategies for multimodal misinformation detection (MMD) that detect whether the combination of an image and its accompanying text could mislead or misinform.
Papadopoulos, Stefanos-Iordanis, Koutlis, Christos, Papadopoulos, Symeon, Petrantonakis, Panagiotis C.   +3 more
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Large Language Model‐Based Chatbots in Higher Education

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
The use of large language models (LLMs) in higher education can facilitate personalized learning experiences, advance asynchronized learning, and support instructors, students, and researchers across diverse fields. The development of regulations and guidelines that address ethical and legal issues is essential to ensure safe and responsible adaptation
Defne Yigci, Merve Eryilmaz, Ail K. Yetisen, Savas Tasoglu, Aydogan Ozcan   +4 more
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Social Media News Use and COVID-19 Misinformation Engagement: Survey Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2022
BackgroundSocial media is widely used as a source of news and information regarding COVID-19. However, the abundance of misinformation on social media platforms has raised concerns regarding the spreading infodemic.
Saifuddin Ahmed, Muhammad Ehab Rasul
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The Fake News Spreading Plague: Was it Preventable? [PDF]

, 2017
In 2010, a paper entitled "From Obscurity to Prominence in Minutes: Political Speech and Real-time search" won the Best Paper Prize of the Web Science 2010 Conference.
Metaxas, Panagiotis Takis, Mustafaraj, Eni   +1 more
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Parents' WhatsApp coping resources in the context of ongoing political conflicts: An ecological exploration

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Mobile technologies have become significant resources for crisis communication and social support in recent years. However, despite empirical evidence pointing to the centrality of these technologies for parenthood in everyday life, it is yet unknown how parents' coping resources play a role in the digital environment.
Daphna Yeshua‐Katz, Stav Shapira, Orna Braun‐Lewensohn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can corrections spread misinformation to new audiences? Testing for the elusive familiarity backfire effect

Cognitive Research, 2020
Misinformation often continues to influence inferential reasoning after clear and credible corrections are provided; this effect is known as the continued influence effect.
Ullrich K. H. Ecker, Stephan Lewandowsky, Matthew Chadwick   +2 more
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A Dataset of Fact-Checked Images Shared on WhatsApp During the Brazilian and Indian Elections

, 2020
Recently, messaging applications, such as WhatsApp, have been reportedly abused by misinformation campaigns, especially in Brazil and India. A notable form of abuse in WhatsApp relies on several manipulated images and memes containing all kinds of fake ...
Almeida, Jussara M., Benevenuto, Fabrício, Eckles, Dean, Garimella, Kiran, Melo, Philipe de Freitas, Reis, Julio C. S.   +5 more
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Misinformed about the “infodemic?” Science’s ongoing struggle with misinformation.

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 2021
This dataset is a measurement of Celebrity Worship (CWS), Digital Literacy (DL), and Nostalgia (NA). The participants were (1) For CWS, N = 3,223 people (181 males, 3042 females; Mage = 19.64 years old; SDage = 3.13 years), (2) For DL, N = 482 people (225 males, 257 females; Mage = 25.16 years old; SDage = 8.54 years), (3) For NA, N = 658 people (140 ...
Dietram A. Scheufele, Nicole M. Krause, Isabelle Freiling   +2 more
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Patient Perspectives on Psychiatric Polygenic Risk Scores in Reproductive Decision‐Making and Polygenic Embryo Screening

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Polygenic risk scores (PRS) estimate individuals' genetic risk for developing multifactorial conditions. Recent genome‐wide association studies have enabled development of psychiatric PRS, which hold potential to streamline diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions.
Lauren A. Ginn, Amanda R. Merner, Page M. Trotter, Kaitlynn P. Craig, Abigail C. Martinez, Ana Lucía Battaglino, Dorit Barlevy, Daphne M. Ayton, Takahiro Soda, Eric A. Storch, Gabriel Lázaro‐Muñoz, Stacey Pereira   +11 more
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The Elephant in the Room: Prior Exposure to Misinformation and Correction Effect

SAGE Open
Prior exposure to misinformation has been shown to increase beliefs associated with that misinformation when it is seen again, which is called the repetition effect, a phenomenon not unusual but understudied.
Tianjiao Wang, Wenting Yu
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