Top stories published by truthsquad in 2017

Homepage

Open in app

Top Stories published by truthsquad in 2017

2017

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Madeline Ottilie in truthsquad

May 9, 2017

Bot or Not: A Twitter Bot Detection Tool

You might not know all of your Twitter followers, but you probably expect them to be human. That’s not what new research suggests.

A recent study conducted by the University of Southern California and Indiana University says that up…

1 response

rebecca haggerty in truthsquad

Mar 13, 2017

From sad to outrageous: How news becomes hyperpartisan

We’ve been tracking our social media feeds at USC this semester, and the experience made me go back and check some of the posts shared on my own feed. I found an article that shows just how much news can change in the hyperpartisan…

1 response

Charlotte Scott in truthsquad

Jan 23, 2017

It’s Easy For Ads To Masquerade As News On Facebook

As part of our mission to detect tilted news stories and content— ones that aren’t exactly what they seem — I scrolled through my Facebook feed and reviewed my top ten trending articles. The first three, titled “Skittles,” “Troy Aikman,”…

Marc Ambinder in truthsquad

Jan 23, 2017

“Alternative Facts,” And The Tale of Bee Plagiarism

On a weekend that saw Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, insist that a divergent account of inauguration crowds was a set of “alternative facts,” a rather definitive answer was provided by the Reuters editor who…

1 response

Savannah Sinfield in truthsquad

May 3, 2017

A Satirist’s Take on Fake News: A Conversation With Phil Hendrie

Jordan Winters in truthsquad

Feb 9, 2017

Falsehoods Still Find A Home On Facebook: In Memes, In Groups.

My Experience in Political Facebook Groups in the Age of Trump

By Jordan Winters

1 response

Madeline Ottilie in truthsquad

Mar 27, 2017

Some New Apps and Websites Want To Help You Escape Your Bubble. Here’s Our Evaluation

As public trust in the media sinks to a new low, reflecting the widespread belief that content is shaped and plagued by political biases, several outlets are taking advantage of the…

Charlotte Scott in truthsquad

Jan 26, 2017

The Case Of The Duplicate Article… And The Disappearing News Site…

rebecca haggerty in truthsquad

Feb 7, 2017

Fake Your Headline, Sell Your Product.

This semester, my colleague Marc Ambinder and I started a project with students here at USC to investigate our social media feeds. We wanted to see if fake or partisan news would bubble up in our algorithms, and how different those algorithms might be.

Madeline Ottilie in truthsquad

Feb 6, 2017

Quick Rip and Tilt News Analysis Attracts Eyeballs on Facebook

As I was scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed the Monday after inauguration weekend, I noticed that most of my friends were replacing their sharing of political news stories with political posts of their own.

These were the top 10 stories published by truthsquad in 2017. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2017 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

About

truthsquad

An exploration of news, journalism and truth from the students at USC Annenberg.

More information