The Computational Multi-Modal Communication Lab is a collaborative initiative led by Cuihua (Cindy) Shen at the University of California, Davis, Yilang Peng at the University of Georgia, and Yingdan Lu at Northwestern University. Our overarching aim is to leverage state-of-the-art computational social science methodologies, including computer vision, video analysis, audio processing, and natural language processing, to address the substantial volume of visual and multimodal information present in our contemporary media landscape. We are dedicated to investigating the dissemination and effects of visual media in diverse contexts, covering a broad range of topics such as the spread of visual misinformation, climate change, social movements, and the implications of AI-generated media.
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