Author

Date of Award

2020

Publisher

North Dakota State University

Document Type

Master's Paper

Degree Awarded

Master of Science (MS)

Program

Software Engineering

Department

Computer Science

College

Engineering

Faculty Advisor

Straub, Jeremy

Description

The way that people consume news, entertainment and media has been changed. The print media and even television have started to become obsolete. In this digital age, social media being the biggest news source for the masses has become an issue in terms of security and the manipulation of facts. Add to this the fact that the content is catered towards the audience with respect to what suits the marketers. The consumer is no longer the dictator of what they want to consume but has become a product for the streaming services. The impact of targeted information propagation is huge and there is a need to study how we can maneuver it. In this paper we see the role that bias plays in an information perception model and how certain words and linguistic patterns can be used to determine if a source of news is authentic or not.

Rights

NDSU policy 190.6.2

Rights Link

https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf

Handle Identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/10365/31527

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