Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Large: This project aimed to “advance understanding of online disinformation… through the development, implementation of rapid response frameworks, the research team rapidly identifies disinformation campaigns and communicates those findings uniquely to diverse stakeholders in government, industry, media, and the broader public by helping to build societal resilience to this kind of manipulation.”

This project included “three integrated components:
1) Developing models and theories of how disinformation is seeded, cultivated, and spread that take into account the sociotechnical nature of the problem;
2) Developing and applying innovative, rapid-analysis frameworks for responding to disinformation quickly; and
3) Implementing and evaluating the impact of multi-stakeholder collaborations to address disinformation in real-time during real-world events.”

“The work applies a mixed-method approach that integrates novel visualizations and network analysis to identify patterns and anomalies with qualitative analysis that reveals the meanings of those features. Extending from a rapid response approach, investigators developed and evaluated, using interviews and experiments, strategies for communicating these findings with diverse stakeholders.