{"127761":{"#nid":"127761","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Twitter as Truth Machine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers are studying\u0026nbsp;the explosion of social media activity as a way of gauging \u0022certainty\u0022 in an age of Internet news. A team led by\u0026nbsp;Mengdie Hu (\u003Cem\u003EInteractive Computing\u003C\/em\u003E) wanted to distinguish rumor or \u0022uncertain\u0022 tweets made that night from those that were \u0022certain\u0022 regarding bin Laden\u0027s death. \u003Cem\u003ESource: MSNBC\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27556","created_gmt":"2012-05-01 12:29:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:25:37","author":"Michaelanne Dye","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"CDC-GTRI collaboration","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com\/technology\/futureoftech\/twitter-truth-machine-how-celebs-journalists-spread-bin-laden-death-739536","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"31691","name":"Mengdie Hu; John Stasko; Twitter; bin Laden; News; Study; Research"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}