We are committed to focus on the accessibility of fact checkers and combat online misinformation through outreach projects. These projects serve to spread the message of web literacy within the Wellesley community interactively.
We focus on one of the most pressing issues of modern times: navigating truth in the digital space during an era of misinformation
Students in the team possess a wide variety of skills, from programming, to data analysis, to web development, to writing research papers
It doesn’t just stop at research. Our team connects with various groups and departments across campus to educate and collaborate on web literacy projects
Research
Auditing Google Search
What do you see when you search for a topic or individual on Google? We investigate how search results change over time through our own SERP (Search Engine Results Page) observatory. […]
Credibility Signals
How do you know which websites to trust? We investigate signals that can indicate what sources are credible and why. Recognizing credibility signals contributes to stronger web literacy skills. […]
The 2020 U.S. Election
Political elections have consequences for democracy and news sources play a role in shaping an election’s agenda. What role play news aggregators like Google’s Top Stories in this process? […]
Publications
HyperText 2020
The ‘Fairness’ Doctrine lives on? Theorizing about the Algorithmic News Curation of Google’s Top Stories. A paper by Anna Kawakami, Khonzoda Umarova, Jennifer Huang, and Eni Mustafaraj. […]
ICWSM 2020
The Media Coverage of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election Candidates through the Lens of Google’s Top Stories. A paper by Anna Kawakami, Khonzoda Umarova, and Eni Mustafaraj presented at the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media. […]
Meet the team
We are quite the bunch!
Latest News
- Eni Mustafaraj Presents at the IC2S2 Conference
- Presenting at HyperText 2020
- Edit-A-Thon 2020
- Michaella Henry ’21 on Black Lives Matter on Medium
- CredLab Work Presented at the 14th ICWSM Conference
- Introducing our Summer 2020 Research Fellows
- Two Honor Theses From Our Lab Members
- Visit from Catherine D’Ignazio
- Visit from Shoshana Zuboff
- FAT 2020 Conference in Barcelona
Photo Gallery
Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon Event 
A glimpse into the daily working scene of three lab members: Mileva Van Tuyl, Claire Devine, and Daphka Alius (from the closest to the furthest) 
Poster session of Summer 2018 — Jun Ru Anderson, Jennifer Huang, Yige Zhu 
Khonzoda Umarova in San Francisco 
Daphka Alius demonstrating her work to the audience 
Jane Yang, Mileva Van Tuyl, Funing Yang, and Daphka Alius, with Prof. Mustafaraj on Daphka’s birthday 
Mimi Onuoha visits Wellesley College to discuss art, data and power “What Is Missing Is Still There” 
A glimpse into the poster session place in summer 2019