In the Social Web scenario, where large amounts of User Generated Content diffuse through
Social Media, the risk of running into misinformation is not negligible. For this reason …

Donald Trump, the Arab Spring, Brexit: digital media have provided political actors and
citizens with new tools to engage in politics. These tools are now routinely used by activists …

The importance of information credibility in society cannot be underestimated given that it is
at the heart of all decision-making. Generally, more information is better; however, knowing …

Increasingly, human beings are sensors engaging directly with the mobile Internet.
Individuals can now share real-time experiences at an unprecedented scale. Social …

The goal of this chapter is to introduce readers to automated deception detection research,
with a cursory look at the roots of the field in pre-social media data types. My intent is to draw …

Due to the exponential increase in internet and social media users, fake news travels
rapidly, and no one is immune to its adverse effects. Various machine learning approaches …

The goal of our research is to create a predictive model of Web content credibility
evaluations, based on human evaluations. The model has to be based on a comprehensive …

Credibility generally regards one's belief in the truth due to an initial impression of a subject.
Different types of credibility assessment are taken into account by online readers as a …

The widespread use of big social data has influenced the research community in several
significant ways. In particular, the notion of social trust has attracted a great deal of attention …

Increasingly people form opinions based on information they consume on online social
media. As a result, it is crucial to understand what type of content attracts people's attention …