Analyzing a fake news authorship network

Buntain, Cody; Golbeck, Jennifer; Auxier, Brooke Elizabeth; Assefa, Biniyam Girum; Boyd, Karen; Byers, Kristen M.; Chawla, Gursimran; Chen, Daniel; Cooper, Benjamin J.; Cupani, J.; Daetwyler, C.; DeWitte, N.; Garcia, S.; Hafer, C.; Khan, M.; Lewis, M.; Martindale, M.J.; Mauriello, M.L.; McNamara, H.; McWillie, S.A.; Millay, D.; Munzar, T.; Mussenden, S.; Orji, N.; Phung, L.; Rogers, K.M.; Rytting, C.A.; Shadan, T.; Sivam, S.; Stavish, K.; Subramanian, A.; Tipirneni, S.; Topiwala, R.; Wagner-Riston, M.; Wiriyathammabhum, P.; Workneh, F.

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Title

Analyzing a fake news authorship network

Author(s)

• Buntain, Cody
• Golbeck, Jennifer
• Auxier, Brooke Elizabeth
• Assefa, Biniyam Girum
• Boyd, Karen
• Byers, Kristen M.
• Chawla, Gursimran
• Chen, Daniel
• Cooper, Benjamin J.
• Cupani, J.
• Daetwyler, C.
• DeWitte, N.
• Garcia, S.
• Hafer, C.
• Khan, M.
• Lewis, M.
• Martindale, M.J.
• Mauriello, M.L.
• McNamara, H.
• McWillie, S.A.
• Millay, D.
• Munzar, T.
• Mussenden, S.
• Orji, N.
• Phung, L.
• Rogers, K.M.
• Rytting, C.A.
• Shadan, T.
• Sivam, S.
• Stavish, K.
• Subramanian, A.
• Tipirneni, S.
• Topiwala, R.
• Wagner-Riston, M.
• Wiriyathammabhum, P.
• Workneh, F.

Issue Date

2019-03-15

Keyword(s)

• Fake news
• Author networks

Abstract

This project synthesizes a set of 246 fake news websites previously identified in three earlier research projects. From this dataset, we extract a set of all authors who have written for these sites in 2016. This authorcentric dataset is itself a contribution that will allow future analysis of the fake news ecosystem. Based on the data we collected, we construct a network of fake news sites, linking them if they shared a common author. Our analysis shows a tight cluster of author-sharing sites, with a small core set of sites sharing dozens of authors.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2019 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/103358

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21900/iconf.2019.103358

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Copyright 2019 C. Buntain, J. Golbeck, B. Auxier, B. G. Assefa, K. Boyd, K. M. Byers, G. Chawla, D. Chen, B. J. Cooper, J. Cupani, C. Daetwyler, N. DeWitt, S. Garcia, C. Hafer, M. Khan, E. Lewis, M. J. Martindale, M. L. Mauriello, H. McNamara, S. A. McWillie, D. Millay, T. Munzar, S. Mussenden, N. Orji, L. Phung, K. M. Rogers, C. A. Rytting, T. Shadan, S. Sivam, K. Stavish, A. Subramanian, S. Tipirneni, R. Topiwala, M. Wagner-Riston, P. Wiriyathammabhum, and F. Workneh

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