DSC 180 – The Spread of Misinformation Online

Welcome to DSC 180: The Spread of Misinformation Online. This quarter, we will try to understand how blatantly incorrect information can spread so easily via social networks.

Here is our weekly schedule:

• Week 01: Introduction
• Week 02: Getting Started
• Week 03: Rehydrating Tweets
• Week 04: Methods and Robust Data Collection
• Week 05: Collecting the Data
• Week 06: EDA
• Week 07: Finding Misinformation
• Week 08: Finding Misinformation (Again)
• Weeks 09 and 10: k-core decomposition

Office Hours

My weekly office hours will be:

• Tuesday at 4pm (in my office or Zoom)
• Friday at 1pm (Zoom only)

These office hours are shared with the other classes I teach. If you'd like to schedule another time to meet, feel free to send me an email.