| { |
| "field_id": "F045", |
| "field": "computational social science", |
| "directions": [ |
| { |
| "direction_id": "G0", |
| "name": "Public and political expression", |
| "scope": "Study what is expressed about public issues, how it is expressed, and how expression changes, including topics, concerns, emotions, and frames, as well as stances, policy positions, values, and persuasive rhetoric in messages or political documents." |
| }, |
| { |
| "direction_id": "G1", |
| "name": "News coverage and representation", |
| "scope": "Study how news media select what to cover, how they portray people and events they cover, and the political leanings and relative bias of news content or media outlets." |
| }, |
| { |
| "direction_id": "G2", |
| "name": "Misinformation and rumor verification", |
| "scope": "Assess the truthfulness and credibility of online claims, news, or rumors using content, reference information, user responses, or evidence of circulation." |
| }, |
| { |
| "direction_id": "G3", |
| "name": "Harmful discourse and community dynamics", |
| "scope": "Study the definition, identification, distribution, and subsequent evolution of harmful online expression, as well as how it affects behavior through community participation, user interactions, and spread across communities." |
| }, |
| { |
| "direction_id": "G4", |
| "name": "Online information circulation and exposure", |
| "scope": "Explain how information travels through online networks and platforms, including sharing cascades, and how recommendation mechanisms shape the information users encounter." |
| }, |
| { |
| "direction_id": "G5", |
| "name": "Inauthentic influence actors and campaigns", |
| "scope": "Identify or characterize manipulative online actors, coordinated groups, and interaction strategies in influence campaigns, with the actor or campaign rather than the truth of an individual item as the central focus." |
| }, |
| { |
| "direction_id": "G6", |
| "name": "Inference of social states from digital traces", |
| "scope": "Use language, profiles, relationships, or aggregate online activity to infer individual attributes, community conditions, or socioeconomic outcomes beyond the observed posts." |
| }, |
| { |
| "direction_id": "G7", |
| "name": "Inequality and stereotyping in texts", |
| "scope": "Use language patterns in cultural, occupational, or institutional texts to study group representation, stereotypes, and their connections to unequal social outcomes." |
| }, |
| { |
| "direction_id": "G8", |
| "name": "Valid measurement of social constructs in text", |
| "scope": "Develop text-based measurement instruments linked to theoretical constructs and assess their definitions, operationalization, and validity; the scope is not limited to bias or inequality." |
| }, |
| { |
| "direction_id": "G9", |
| "name": "Interventions in online information environments", |
| "scope": "Design or evaluate computational interventions intended to change user interactions, correct misinformation, or adjust exposure to harmful or polarizing content." |
| } |
| ] |
| } |
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