Project Rationale and Vision Sample Clauses

Project Rationale and Vision. ‌ From a business and government point of view there is an increasing need to interpret and act upon information from large-volume media, such as Twitter, Facebook, and newswire. However, knowledge gathered from online sources and social media comes with a major caveat – it cannot always be trusted. Rumours, in particular, tend to spread rapidly through social networks, especially in circumstances where their veracity is hard to establish. For instance, during an earthquake in Chile rumours spread through Twitter that a volcano has become active and there was a tsunami warning in Valparaiso (Xxxxxxx et al, 2010). Another example is malicious use of Twitter and other social media during election campaigns to spread disinformation about opposing candidates (Xxxxxxxxxx et al, 2011). Researchers have found that people read untrusted sources for various reasons, the main ones being their interestingness, entertainment value, a friend’s online recommendation, or a search engine result (Ennals et al, 2010).