Projects

Detecting Children’s Deception by Developing Advanced Statistical Methods

People Involved: Wang Wanjie, Department of Statistics and Data Science, National University of SingaporeDing Xiaopan, Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore A short summary of the project’s aims: Children begin telling lies as early as two and a half years old. As they grow older, they become capable of telling various types of lies. […]

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Modelling Political Polarisation in Online Networks

People Involved: Subhayan Mukerjee (NUS), Narayani Vedam (NUS), Prasanta Bhattacharya (A*STAR) A short summary of the project’s aims: Popular criticisms of social media often allude to echo chambers and the role they play in exacerbating political polarisation. Empirical evidence about echo chambers, however, continues to be debated. In this project, we explore these assumptions using

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Understanding Facebook Public Discussion on Covid-19 Vaccines

People Involved: Weiyu ZHANG , Department of Communication and New Media, National University of Singapore A short summary of the project’s aims: This project investigates how Facebook posts about COVID-19 vaccines influenced public engagement during the pandemic, focusing on three key aspects: content, moral framing, and user engagement. By analyzing millions of posts in different

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The Dynamics of Dissent: Examining the rhetoric of online political discourse

The Dynamics of Dissent: Examining the rhetoric of online political discourse People Involved: Kokil Jaidka, Department of Communications and New Media A short summary of the project’s aims: This research investigates political discourse in online spaces, with a focus on deliberative styles—specifically, justification and reciprocity—and their role in fostering reasoned dissent. These styles, integral to

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Ageing and Social Networks: Mapping the Life-worlds of Older Singaporeans

A local coffeeshop (kopitiam) where social networks are formed Ageing and Social Networks: Mapping the Life-worlds of Older Singaporeans People Involved: Principal Investigator:Prof Elaine Ho Lynn-Ee (Department of Geography & Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore) Co-Principal Investigators:Associate Prof Vincent Chua Kynn Hong (Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore)Associate Prof Feng Chen-Chieh (Department

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Strategic Content Generation and Monetization in Financial Social Media Platforms

Generated from ChatGPT 4o Strategic Content Generation and Monetization in Financial Social Media Platforms Main People Involved: Goh Khim Yong, Department of Information Systems and Analytics, National University of Singapore A short summary of the project’s aims: In the context of digital platform ecosystems, financial social media platforms function as intermediaries, connecting content creators (social

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From Data to Decisions: How Digital Technologies and Platforms Are Reshaping Policymaking and Political Communication

From Data to Decisions: How Digital Technologies and Platforms Are Reshaping Policymaking and Political Communication Main People Involved: Jie Gao, Department of Political Science A short summary of the project’s aims: This project examines how the increasing use of digital technologies and platforms in government has impacted policymaking and political communication. It focuses on three

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Endangered languages

Endangered languages Main People Involved: Nala Lee, Cynthia Siew, Nadine Ng A short summary of the project’s aims: This study used network analysis to identify linguistic endangerment hotspots. These are the areas where language conservation efforts are particularly urgent and important.

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