Analyzing a Fake News Authorship Network (370)

Analyzing a Fake News Authorship Network (370)

Cody Buntain (Poster Presenter) | cbuntain@nyu.edu | @codybuntain | SMaPP Lab | New York University

Jennifer Golbeck, Brooke Auxier, Biniyam Girum Assefa, Karen Boyd, Kristen M. Byers, Gursimran Chawla, Daniel Chen, Benjamin J. Cooper, Jake Cupani, Clay Daetwyler, Nicholas DeWitt, Suzanne Garcia, Christine Hafer, Misbah Khan, Elo Lewis, Marianna J. Martindale, Helen McNamara, Sean Alexander McWillie, Daniel Millay, Talal Munzar, Sean Mussenden, Nicholas Orji, Lisa Phung, Kristine M. Rogers, Christopher Anton Rytting, Tuba Shadan, Subhatra Sivam, Koralleen Stavish, Aditya Subramanian, Sai Tipirneni, Rrahul Topiwala, Melissa Wagner-Riston, Peratham Wiriyathammabhum, and Frazer Workneh | University of Maryland, College Park

Matthew Louis Mauriello | Stanford University and Oregeon State University

News Sites Network

Authors Network

Unifying Fake News Networks























sitsshow.











educate-









freedom-articles.



thetruthseeker.co.uk









jamesfetzer.

landdestroyer.

globalresearch.ca



geopolitica.ru







friendsofsyria.























fellowshipoftheminds



nesaranews.











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News site projection creates two top-level groups of domains: ? Group 1: Strong connections between and Geopolitica.ru ? Group 2: Clustered around The Millenium Report

? Dense connections with The Event Chronicle, GlobalResearch.ca, ActivistPost, and

We have five subgroups of domains: ? Group 1: Dense around the Event Chronicle, Activist Post, DC Clothes Line ? Group 2: Clustered around The Millenium Report ? Group 3: Clustered around and Geopolitica.ru ? Group 4: Clustered around ? Group 5: Clustered around



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Author projection creates a dense network of three main communities of authors: ? Group 1: Authors around ActivistPost and the Event Chronicle ? Group 2: Authors around GlobalResearch.ca ? Group 3: Authors around and Geopolitica.ru

Top 5 authors all write for:

Many datasets of "fake news" sites have been created in recent years. Surprisingly, these datasets do not have significant overlap. We merge datasets from three papers about fake news to create a dataset of 246 fake news web sites that were active in 2016.

Dataset Source

Golbeck, J., Mauriello, M., Auxier, B., Bhanushali, K. H., Bonk, C., Bouzaghrane, M. A., ... Visnansky, G. (2018). Fake news vs satire: A dataset and analysis. WebSci 2018 Proceedings of the 10th ACM Conference on Web Science, 17?21. Guess, A., Nyhan, B., & Reifler, J. (2018). Selective exposure to misinformation: evidence from the consumption of fake news during the 2016 U. S. presidential campaign. Starbird, K. (2017). Examining the Alternative Media Ecosystem through the Production of Alternative Narratives of Mass Shooting Events on Twitter. International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM).

Unique Fake News Domains

Domains 96

92 79

246

Building Bipartite Author Networks

jackymurphy

elliotbougis

martinwalsh

jimhoft

macslavo

ethanindigosmith

lanceschuttler

colintaylor vandita

prestonjames

kevinbarrett joshdelsol

jefffitchett

nicholaswest

davidwilcock

michellewalling

aaronkesel

gordonduff buckrogers

tylerdurden

johnhelmer

l.j.devon

davekranzler

jimwillie

michelchossudovsky davidicke

felicityarbuthnot bevharris

jeffnielson

jeremiahjohnson

davehodges

everettnumbers

giladatzmon

andrewkorybko alexandermercouris

andrevltchek

j.d.heyes

markprigg

billholter paulcraigroberts

jeffberwick

careywedler

daviddayen

martinarmstrong josephp.farrell

joaquinflores

jeromer.corsi

christomson

kurtnimmo kylecheney f.williamengdahl

arjunwalia

josephthomas

vanessabeeley ericmargolis

mattagorist

brandonsmith

mikeadams

sayerji nathanmcdonald

danewigington

amandoflavio

daisyluther

dimitriskonstantakopoulos

pepeescobar

derrickbroze

michaelkrieger

jaysyrmopoulos

josephjankowski

pauljosephwatson

berniesuarez

mikewhitney

garikaichengu barrygrey

johnpilger

dansanchez

davidhaggith

thesaker

ellenbrown

clairebernish

cassiuskamarampi

j.hawk

jccollins

nicolasj.s.davies

calebmaupin

martinberger

stephenlendman

jamescorbett

marktaliano

jamesf.tracy

coreyschink rajeshmakwana

valentinvasilescu superstation95

adansalazmar ichaelawhitton

catherinej.frompovich

craigmurray

ethana.huff

brandonturbecvhirlilsetinasavricnharmani

williamedstrom

alyssanavarro

shawnhelton davidswanson

makiafreeman

waynemadsen

moonofalabama

maryscully

alastaircrooke

stephenkinzer ruslanostashko

tonycartalucci

leefang

seanadl-tabatabai thomasd.williams

ericzuesse peterkoenig

johnvibes

justingarjdonnerar ppopnoikrtaknight

robertparry

mahdidariusnazemroaya

juliel?vesque

bennorton

billvanauken

patrickhenningsneicnkgiambruno danielmcadams joequinn

nickmeyer

alexchristoforou johnw.whitehead danwright

lorrainechow sarahlazare

ulsongunnar

alexpietrowski

dariusshahtahmasebi

ryangallagher

neilclark

robertjacobs

janetphelan

julianrose hugoturner

sergeygladysh

michaelmoore

andreiakulov ziadfadel

charleshughsmith

grahamvanbergen dmitryorlov

chuckross

thierrymeyssan

joshuakrause

simonblack

jaydyer

baranhines

shaunbradley

careygillam

stevenmacmillan joachimhagopian

lukerudkowski

zaidjilani

telesur michaelsnyderwhitneywebglebnngreenwald

nickbernabe

juliewilson

joels.hirschhorn marcusgodwyn

rogerstone

tombatchelor

admin

nadiaprupis

jonathanturley

andreagermanos

maxblumenthal

ricksterling

anthonybellchambers

richardgale

frankhuguenard

danzukowspki ammartens

catherineshakdam

umbertopascali

ericdraitser

mikebarrett brendancole

sharonkelly

eduardpopov dr.mercola

dadychery

davidnield

bradhoff

jasonditz

philbutler

josephfitsanakis

jameswright

alexemmons

michaelgray

isiahholmes

hardworking1

alexanderdugin

andrewsmith

wenonahhauter maureennandinimitra

alexgorka kevinryan

matthewalford andredamon

jessicamcbride

samiramin

j.r.smith

andrewemett

adeyinkamakinde

kosar

devondouglas-bowers

timbrown

dr.eowyn

laurenmccauley

activistpost

stephendfosterjr

presstv

wassimbassem

jonschwarz

m.david

paulantonopoulos

rt

tomhall

evabartlett

adomasabromaitis

martharosenberg

harunyahya

jordanschachtel

edwards.herman

southfront

shepardambellas melissadykes

amandafroelich jakeanderson

kevinsamson lilydane

pipermcgowin ryanbanister

ronpaul cassiusmethyl

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Collection Statistics: ? Analyzed 152 sites ? Identified 4,966 authors ? Found 6,387 author-domain pairs



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Data available at:

Icons sources from the Noun Project. Email Cody Buntain for image attributions.

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