Building the ‘Truthmeter’: Training algorithms to help journalists assess the credibility of social media sources
Social media is now used as an information source in many different contexts. For professional journalists, the use of social media for news production creates new challenges for the verification process. This article describes the development and evaluation of the ‘Truthmeter’ – a tool that automat...
Main Authors: | Fletcher, R, Schifferes, S, Thurman, N |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2017
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