{"id":114,"date":"2024-01-26T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T14:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/?p=114"},"modified":"2025-03-10T10:21:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T10:21:49","slug":"february-seminar-human-based-fake-news-spreading-detecting-and-fact-checking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/2024\/01\/26\/february-seminar-human-based-fake-news-spreading-detecting-and-fact-checking\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar 1 &#8211; 23 February Seminar: Human-based fake news spreading, detecting, and fact-checking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first network seminar took place Friday, 23 February at Edinburgh Napier Merchiston Campus. 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role=\"presentation\">e<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">), and <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">N<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">t<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">l<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">i<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a P<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">s<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">t<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">e<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">r<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">n<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">k (<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">On<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">l<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">i<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">n<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">e<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-d9295f5bfa93\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\n\t\t sow-accordion-panel-open\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"sow-accordion-188182764365f80f22c7877574881341-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-sow-accordion-188182764365f80f22c7877574881341-0\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-sow-accordion-188182764365f80f22c7877574881341-0\" aria-expanded=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/2024\/01\/26\/february-seminar-human-based-fake-news-spreading-detecting-and-fact-checking\/santosh-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/01\/Santosh.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-212\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-212'>\n\t\t\t\tSantosh Vijaykumar presenting on the importance of managing misinformation for public health.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/2024\/01\/26\/february-seminar-human-based-fake-news-spreading-detecting-and-fact-checking\/stephen-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/01\/Stephen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-213\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-213'>\n\t\t\t\tStephen Lewandowsky describing ideas about belief formation, and how we might be able to inoculate against misbelief in disinformation.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/2024\/01\/26\/february-seminar-human-based-fake-news-spreading-detecting-and-fact-checking\/ted-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/01\/Ted.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-214\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-214'>\n\t\t\t\tTed Carlson Webster introducing his findings in neuroscience and meta-memory for fake news.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/2024\/01\/26\/february-seminar-human-based-fake-news-spreading-detecting-and-fact-checking\/ariana-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/01\/Ariana.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-215\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-215'>\n\t\t\t\tAriana Modirrousta-Galian presenting her research on inductive reasoning approaches to preventing disinformation.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/2024\/01\/26\/february-seminar-human-based-fake-news-spreading-detecting-and-fact-checking\/chantal-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/01\/Chantal.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-216\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-216'>\n\t\t\t\tChantal Den Daas describing research on how information can be more accurately communicated in public health messaging.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/2024\/01\/26\/february-seminar-human-based-fake-news-spreading-detecting-and-fact-checking\/henry-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/01\/Henry.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-217\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-217'>\n\t\t\t\tHenry Otgaar explaining the &#8220;zombie idea&#8221; of repressed memories. Somehow, despite the science, the idea keeps coming back.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/2024\/01\/26\/february-seminar-human-based-fake-news-spreading-detecting-and-fact-checking\/natalia-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/01\/Natalia.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-218\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-218'>\n\t\t\t\tNatalia Pasternak gave several examples of real-world misinformation and its impact.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two different panel discussions occured between talks, with the first one examining the alignment of research with policy, and the second one getting a general list of policy recommendations to begin generating ideas for the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4080\" height=\"3072\" data-id=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/03\/Lunch1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-222\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4080\" height=\"3072\" data-id=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/03\/Lunch2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You can see the full pamphlet and event itinerary below, <br>along with descriptions of the talks:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/03\/FalseWebs-FullPamphlet.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:640px\" aria-label=\"Embed of FalseWebs-FullPamphlet.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-bf86cfbc-2e32-422c-813a-859643d839d0\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/03\/FalseWebs-FullPamphlet.pdf\">FalseWebs-FullPamphlet<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/falsewebs-network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2024\/03\/FalseWebs-FullPamphlet.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-bf86cfbc-2e32-422c-813a-859643d839d0\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first network seminar took place Friday, 23 February at Edinburgh Napier Merchiston Campus. 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