The document discusses research from the Truthy project at Indiana University on analyzing political communication and misinformation on social media. It presents several studies conducted between 2011-2012 on topics like partisan language usage, predicting political beliefs from social media activity, and identifying coordinated misinformation campaigns. The overarching goal of the Truthy project is to better understand the impacts and opportunities of digital tools on political discourse and democracy.

1. The Promise & Perils of
Digital Democracy
Karissa McKelvey
Michael Conover
Wednesday, October 24, 12

2. PROJECT
DATE SOURCE
AUGUST 2011 FACEBOOK
SOCIAL CONNECTOME
Wednesday, October 24, 12

3. PROJECT
DATE SOURCE
JANUARY 2010 PEDRO MIGUEL CRUZ
LISBON TRAFFIC
Wednesday, October 24, 12

4. PROJECT
DATE SOURCE
JANUARY 2012 GUARDIAN.CO.UK
ARAB SPRING
Wednesday, October 24, 12

5. The Information Age
Dissemination of Information
Wednesday, October 24, 12

6. Organizations
Resources & Expertise
One to Many
Web 1.0: Broadcast
Wednesday, October 24, 12

7. Individuals
Low Barriers to Entry
Many to Many
Web 2.0: Social
Wednesday, October 24, 12

8. The Dark Side of Social Media
Wednesday, October 24, 12

9. Anonymity
Wednesday, October 24, 12

10. Social Environments
Online behavior is becoming the behavior of humanity.
Wednesday, October 24, 12

11. Criminal Activity & Chat Logs
Civil Liberties
International Implications
The State of Surveillance
Wednesday, October 24, 12

12. If you aren’t paying for the product,
you are the product.
A New Currency
Wednesday, October 24, 12

13. Astroturf & Misinformation
Wednesday, October 24, 12

14. PROJECT
DATE SOURCE
FEBRUARY 2011 INDIANA UNIVERSITY
THE ECHO CHAMBER
Wednesday, October 24, 12

15. Please follow @username for an outstanding
progressive voice! #p2 #dems #prog #tcot
Couple Aborts Twin Boys for Being Wrong Gender ..
http://bit.ly/xyz #tcot #christian #teaparty #p2 #prolife
Content Injection
Wednesday, October 24, 12

16. DATE
FEBRUARY 2011
Far Left
Moderate
Left
Centrist
Moderate
Right
Far Right
#healthcare
#judaism
#hollywood
#2010elections
#capitalism
#security
#publicoption
#recession
#dreamact
#topprogs
#aarp
#citizensunited
#democratic
#banksters
#energy
#sarahpalin
#progressives
#stopbeck
#iraq
#women
#democrats
#social
#seniors
#dnc
#budgets
#political
#gopproud
#christian
#media
#nobel
#rangel
#waste
#saveamerica
#american
#gold
#repeal
#mexico
#terrorism
#gopleader
#palin12
#912project
#twisters
#gop2112
#israel
#foxnews
#mediabias
#constitution
#patriots
#rednov
#abortion
SOURCE
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
PARTISAN LANGUAGE
Wednesday, October 24, 12

17. PROJECT
DATE SOURCE
OCTOBER 2012 INDIANA UNIVERSITY
OCCUPY WALL STREET
STABLE POLITICS REVOLUTIONARY
Intrastate Interstate
wall, nyc, street, news, 99%, bank
don’t, media, peaceful, nypd
city, tonight, march, join, solidarity
day, square, please, park, now
Wednesday, October 24, 12

18. PROJECT
DATE SOURCE
OCTOBER 2012 NEW YORK TIMES
POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY
Wednesday, October 24, 12

19. PROJECT
DATE SOURCE
MARCH 2011 INDIANA UNIVERSITY
RETWEETS
HASHTAGS
PARTISANSHIP PREDICTION
Wednesday, October 24, 12

20. Knowledge
Discovery
$4 Billion Political Advertising Industry
Non-Obvious Behavioral Data
Popular Left Popular Right
feedproxy.google.com feedproxy.google.com
mediamatters.org hotair.com
politicalwind.com gop2112.com
youtube.com youtube.com
dailykos.com redstate.com
truthy-out.org firstthings.com
msnbc.msn.com americanthinker.com
harryreid.com google.com
www.google.com survivalstation.org
realclearpolitics.com newsbusters.org
Wednesday, October 24, 12

21. LEFT-LEANING RIGHT-LEANING
POLICY ISSUES
DATE SOURCE
MARCH 2011 INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Wednesday, October 24, 12

22. LEFT-LEANING RIGHT-LEANING
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
DATE SOURCE
MARCH 2011 INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Wednesday, October 24, 12

23. PROJECT
DATE SOURCE
FEBRUARY 2011 INDIANA UNIVERSITY
PARTISAN ASYMMETRIES
Wednesday, October 24, 12

24. Digital Democracy & Open Data
Digital Immersion
Communication Research
Wisdom of the Crowd
Wednesday, October 24, 12

25. PROJECT
DATE SOURCE
CURRENT TRUTHY.INDIANA.EDU
THE TRUTHY PROJECT
Wednesday, October 24, 12

26. PROJECT
DATE SOURCE
CURRENT TRUTHY.INDIANA.EDU
THE TRUTHY PROJECT
Wednesday, October 24, 12

27. PROJECT
DATE SOURCE
CURRENT TRUTHY.INDIANA.EDU
THE TRUTHY PROJECT
Wednesday, October 24, 12

28. CELEBRITY ACCOUNTS
TRUTHY.INDIANA.EDU
MITT ROMNEY
MICHELLE
OBAMA
WHITE HOUSE
Wednesday, October 24, 12

29. PROJECT
DATE SOURCE
CURRENT TRUTHY.INDIANA.EDU
THE TRUTHY PROJECT
Wednesday, October 24, 12

30. PROJECT
DATE SOURCE
CURRENT TRUTHY.INDIANA.EDU
THE TRUTHY PROJECT
Wednesday, October 24, 12

31. PROJECT
DATE SOURCE
CURRENT INDIANA UNIVERSITY
THE TRUTHY PROJECT
Wednesday, October 24, 12

32. PROJECT
DATE SOURCE
CURRENT TRUTHY.INDIANA.EDU
THE TRUTHY PROJECT
Wednesday, October 24, 12

33. The Promise & Perils of
Digital Democracy
Alessandro Flammini
Filippo Menczer
Jacob Ratkiewicz
Michael Conover
Bruno Goncalves
Mark Meiss
Emilio Ferrara
Karissa McKelvey
Clayton Davis
Emily Metzgar
Hans Ibold
Wednesday, October 24, 12