Mapping Conspiracies

Mapping Conspiracies / Bernd Resch - Photo: Bernd Resch

IT:U Exhibition

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Mapping Conspiracies

Bernd Resch (AT)

Anti-democratic and anti-constitutional dynamics such as fake news, hate speech, conspiracy narratives, calls for violence and breaches of the constitution are increasingly causing concern.
This project analyzes and visualizes spatial patterns of communication spread on social media. It explores, which geographic regions strongly interact, displayed in interactive maps.

  • Photo: Simon Haigermoser

    Bernd Resch

    Bernd Resch is a Professor of GeoSocial AI at IT:U and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University’s Center for Geographic Analysis. His research interest revolves around understanding cities as complex systems through analyzing a variety of digital data sources. The focus is on developing machine learning algorithms to analyze such human-generated data as social media posts, mobile phone data, and physiological measurements from wearable sensors.

Credits

IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University