With the rise of social media as a tool for people to project their opinions and ideas on anything they want, fake news and the spread of false information has increased. Fake news has become especially problematic in politics. People skew the truth to fit whatever political ideology they believe in. News is no longer about fact versus fiction but a battle about individuals’ beliefs. With growing tension and the United States becoming more divided, this project worked to further analyze fake news in relation to politics and social media.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Joubran, Samantha R.
• Kresovic, Dalibor
• Simpson, Parker J.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030520-221340

Keyword

• Social Studies of Science and Technology

Advisor

• Lee, Kyumin
• Kordzadeh, Nima

Year

• 2020

Date created

• 2020-03-05

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved