I1.01 - Misinformation Through Social Media

UTIL Lab

With the start of the COVID-19 pandemic an overabundance of misleading virus-related information has surfaced on social media. Misconceptions regarding the pandemic could and has led to people not following proper precautions and procedures when in contact with the contagious disease. The project aims to understand the diffusion and effect of this misinformation on the residents of Texas. This will be done through the labeling of a machine learning algorithm’s input data of Twitter tweets on a criterion of truthfulness. Next, a survey will be distributed statewide that is aimed to measure the role social media plays on the population’s consumption of news.

Team Contact Information

I1.01 Group Photo From left to right (Brandon McCarthy, Jesse Contreras, Robert Torres)

Team Project Manager: Jesse Contreras, jac738@txstate.edu

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michelle Londa, ml40@txstate.edu