Faking it: Can we trust social media data?
Social media research is an important source of insight for most organisations today. But fake profiles, fake sentiment and fake data is a growing problem. This podcast gets to the heart of how data analysis and traditional research can work better together, or fail spectacularly.
- In 2018 Facebook suspended 1.3bn fake accounts
- The Mueller report stated 126 million Americans were influenced by fake profiles and content created by a Russian agency to influence the outcome of the 2016 US election
- In April 2019 research from Which? magazine concluded that ‘Amazon is losing the battle against fake reviews’.
The host is Christian Walsh, digital director at the Market Research Society (MRS).
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