👋 Greetings! 👋

We wanted to remind all #fakespeakers that the #Fakespeak project is still alive and kicking – especially after a long and #fakenews filled summer vacation.

We have some great events and research output coming out in the next few months, including a #linguistics conference, #multilingual fake news #corpora, publications bringing together advanced linguistic features and #transformermodels, and a special issue in Linguistics Vanguard on the language of fake news.

Follow along!

This week #Fakespeak attended #icame45. ICAME is a well-known meeting place for corpus linguists and for its excellent social programme (which always includes a boat trip). Plus, this year's ICAME was quite literally on the beach 🏖️

Fakespeak was represented by 2 talks: an empirical one and a methodological one, which we will now write up for everyone to read.

Thanks to all who attended our talks and to the organisers for another successful ICAME conference! 🙏

#Fakespeak has arrived in Pisa, Italy for the 10th International Pragmatics Conference 2024 #INPRA2024 🥳

Our presentation is tomorrow and reveals some of our very new findings about stance marking in English vs Russian #fakenews. We found some very interesting differences in terms of semantic and pragmatic function, so watch this space to know more!

Recently we held our 3rd annual workshop of #Fakespeak at the University of Oslo. The two key topics were: where are we now in #fakenews analysis and detection and what are some of the ways forward, especially in relation to #AIgenerated content? Along with updates from our project members (Silje, Nele, Lisa, Zia, Aleena), we had 4 invited speakers: 2 from #linguistics, 1 from #media and 1 from #computerscience. Here’s a little bit about what we learned from them (1/ )

We're back with updates on the #Fakespeak annual workshop on 24 January 2024 at the University of Oslo!

Find the programme here: https://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english/research/projects/fakespeak/ (scroll down to Events)

The day is divided into two: #linguistics in the morning, and #media and #computer sciences in the afternoon. The focus is on #AIgenerated #disinformation: should be eye-opening!

For those who are not able to attend in person, we will do our best to post about the talks throughout the day. 💪

At #Fakespeak, we meet every year to update our colleagues/collaborating partners/stakeholders on our progress as well as learn from experts in the field.

The next annual Fakespeak workshop is planned for 24 January 2024 at the University of Oslo (in-person only).

Those in the area are welcome to attend! 👋

We will return with more information, but here's what we know so far (scroll down for preliminary programme, abstracts, practical information):

https://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english/research/projects/fakespeak/

Hi there! 😊 I'm Aleena, a junior computer science researcher at SINTEF AS since May 2021. In #Fakespeak,
I primarily focus on collecting #Norwegian datasets and assisting with text analysis. My interests revolve
around #NLP applications and contextualized #wordembeddings. Outside of work, I like to unwind with
activities such as table tennis, cooking, enjoying music, and playing games.

Hi! I am Zia, senior research scientist at SINTEF Digital, Oslo. My research mainly focuses on #featureanalysis, #machinelearning, #XAI, #patternrecognition in different applications. I've got around 150 peer-reviewed research publications, including a book, book chapters, conferences, and journals. In #Fakespeak project, I am trying to build a machine-learning model to detect and explain fake news. Besides my work, I usually listen to music, watch TV, and spend quality time with my family. 

Hey there! I'm Lisa (Elizaveta Kibisova), a PhD student in #linguistics at the University of Oslo. Part of the #Fakespeak team, diving deep into the linguistic intricacies of #Russian #fakenews. Enjoying my life in Norway 🇳🇴 , but also travel a lot for work and adventures. #Language lover and truth seeker! 🕵️‍♀️ 👩 ❤️

Hi 👋 I’m Nele Põldvere, a postdoc in English Linguistics at the Uni of Oslo. I work with large quantities of text data (#corpuslinguistics) to find recurring patterns of language in different genres/registers/groups of people. In #Fakespeak, I focus specifically on #metaphor and #evaluation in #English, and work closely with computer scientists to develop effective fake news corpora and automatic detection systems using #machinelearning techniques. I like 🐱 and to 🗺️ !

Hi, I’m Silje Susanne Alvestad, a researcher in #Slavic languages and linguistics at the University of Oslo. I’m also the proud manager of the #Fakespeak project - an interdisciplinary project involving linguists at UiO and computer scientists at SINTEF. Our objectives are to reveal the language and style of #fakenews in English, Norwegian and Russian, and to find out whether adding linguistic features to existing fake news detection tools can make such tools better.