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Automatically Ranking the Credibility of Tweets During Major Events

Automatically Ranking the Credibility of Tweets During Major Events | Emergent Digital Practices | Scoop.it
In their study, “Credibility Ranking of Tweets during High Impact Events,” authors Aditi Gupta and Ponnurangam Kumaraguru “analyzed the credibility of information in corresponding to fourteen high impact news events of 2011 around the globe.” According to their analysis, “30% of total tweets about an event contained situational information about the event while 14% was spam.” In addition, about 17% of total tweets contained situational awareness information that was credible. Full paper available
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Infographic: the Future of Big Data

Infographic: the Future of Big Data | Emergent Digital Practices | Scoop.it

Big data is not new. It has existed for ages and can be attributed even to the initial years of computing. However, one might do well to consider why is there an increased buzz around this now.

The answer is quite simple: Significant advances that have been brought about by x86 hardware have actually helped in bringing computing power to the masses. However, with new technologies, cloud computing has extended this power. Now, users have extended perimeters, while still being able to control costs effectively...


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