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Author:

Cilea, Gabrielle Leigh

Title:

Fake News, Social Media, and Millennials

Area of Honors:

Journalism

Keywords:

fake news
millennials
social media

File:

Download Prof._Edited_thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Russell Frank, Thesis Supervisor
Russell Frank, Thesis Honors Advisor
Matthew Frank Jordan, Faculty Reader

Author:

Litwin, Katherine

Title:

A House Divided: How Today's Media and Partisan Gerrymandering Broke America

Area of Honors:

Journalism

Keywords:

partisan gerrymandering
fake news
online media
supreme court
politics
social media
polarization
partisan media

File:

Download A_House_Divided-How_Today_s_Media_and_Partisan_Gerrymandering_Broke_America__1_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Curtis William Chandler, Thesis Supervisor
Anthony Barbieri, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Cowell, Robert Henry

Title:

Utilizing Friendship Networks to Predict User Susceptibility to Fake News

Area of Honors:

Computer Science

Keywords:

machine learning
fake news
social media
Twitter
user susceptibility
school shootings

File:

Download RobertCowell_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dongwon Lee, Thesis Supervisor
Danfeng Zhang, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Singer, Anjelica

Title:

The Negative Effects of Social Media Algorithms

Area of Honors:

Journalism

Keywords:

social media
fake news
journalism
Facebook
TikTok
algorithm
filter bubbles
echo chambers
confirmation bias
selective exposure
democracy
mental health
information overload

File:

Download Final_Thesis__Anjelica_Singer_Revised.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Patrick Lee Plaisance, Thesis Supervisor
Russell Edgar Eshleman, Jr., Thesis Honors Advisor
Cynthia J Simmons, Faculty Reader