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It has been challenging to find ways to educate people to have better environmental consciousness. In some cases, people do not know what the right behaviors are to protect the environment. Game engine has been used in the AEC industry for…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-04-24 Jing Du

We study security threats to Markov games due to information asymmetry and misinformation. We consider an attacker player who can spread misinformation about its reward function to influence the robust victim player's behavior. Given a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-26 Jeremy McMahan , Young Wu , Yudong Chen , Xiaojin Zhu , Qiaomin Xie

"Fake news" is a recent phenomenon, but misinformation and propaganda are not. Our new communication technologies make it easy for us to be exposed to high volumes of true, false, irrelevant, and unprovable information. Future AI is…

General Literature · Computer Science 2018-06-26 Panagiotis Metaxas

In today's digital era, the Internet, especially social media platforms, plays a significant role in shaping public opinions, attitudes, and beliefs. Unfortunately, the credibility of scientific information sources is often undermined by…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Aos Mulahuwaish , Basheer Qolomany , Kevin Gyorick , Jacques Bou Abdo , Mohammed Aledhari , Junaid Qadir , Kathleen Carley , Ala Al-Fuqaha

Gamification is an effective strategy for motivating and engaging users, which is grounded in business, marketing, and management by designing games in nongame contexts. Gamifying education, which consists of the design and study of…

General Economics · Economics 2025-08-11 Jiasheng Zhu , Luyao Zhang

We examine how misinformation spreads in social networks composed of individuals with long-term offline relationships. Especially, we focus on why misinformation persists and diffuses despite being recognized by most as false. In our…

General Economics · Economics 2025-10-13 Shuige Liu

To curb the spread of fake news on social media platforms, recent studies have considered an online crowdsourcing fact-checking approach as one possible intervention method to reduce misinformation. However, it remains unclear under what…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-06-10 Matthew I Jones , Scott D. Pauls , Feng Fu

The spread of digital disinformation (aka "fake news") is arguably one of the most significant threats on the Internet which can cause individual and societal harm of large scales. The susceptibility to fake news attacks hinges on whether…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-07-19 Cagri Arisoy , Anuradha Mandal , Nitesh Saxena

Information is a critical dimension in warfare. Inaccurate information such as misinformation or disinformation further complicates military operations. In this paper, we examine the value of misinformation and disinformation to a military…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-08 Yanling Chang , Matthew F. Keblis , Ran Li , Eleftherios Iakovou , Chelsea C. White

Interactive digital storytelling becomes a popular choice for information presentation in many fields. Its application spans from media industry and business information visualization, through digital cultural heritage, serious games,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-11-10 Selma Rizvic , Dusanka Boskovic , Vensada Okanovic , Sanda Sljivo , Merima Zukic

Due to the prevalence of online services in modern society, such as internet banking and social media, it is important for users to have an understanding of basic security measures in order to keep themselves safe online. However, users…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-07-24 Sam Scholefield , Lynsay A. Shepherd

Under the aegis of computer vision and deep learning technology, a new emerging techniques has introduced that anyone can make highly realistic but fake videos, images even can manipulates the voices. This technology is widely known as…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-15 Bahar Uddin Mahmud , Afsana Sharmin

With the prevalence of misinformation online, researchers have focused on developing various machine learning algorithms to detect fake news. However, users' perception of machine learning outcomes and related behaviors have been widely…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-11-28 Limeng Cui

Misinformation, defined as false or inaccurate information, can result in significant societal harm when it is spread with malicious or even innocuous intent. The rapid online information exchange necessitates advanced detection mechanisms…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Chu Fei Luo , Radin Shayanfar , Rohan Bhambhoria , Samuel Dahan , Xiaodan Zhu

"Fake news" is an old problem. In recent years, however, increasing usage of social media as a source of information, the spread of unverified medical advice during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the rise of generative artificial intelligence…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-05-22 Simon Chesterman

Social media platforms often assume that users can self-correct against misinformation. However, social media users are not equally susceptible to all misinformation as their biases influence what types of misinformation might thrive and…

Research has established increased engagement and positive behavioral, attitudinal, and learning outcomes from educational games. Although engagement begets these benefits, there is a lack of research on how students engage with educational…

Physics Education · Physics 2017-10-13 Angela He

The prevalence of new technologies and social media has amplified the effects of misinformation on our societies. Thus, it is necessary to create computational tools to mitigate their effects effectively. This study aims to provide a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-03-19 Alireza Karduni

Recent years have witnessed the proliferation of offensive content online such as fake news, propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation. While initially this was mostly about textual content, over time images and videos gained…

Advances in technology, a growing pool of sensitive data, and heightened global tensions has increased the demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals. Despite the recent increase in attention given to cybersecurity education,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Dylan Huitema , Albert Wong