Detecting nuance in conspiracy discourse: Advancing methods in infodemiology and communication science with machine learning and qualitative content coding

• Michael Robert Haupt ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mhaupt@ucsd.edu

  Affiliations Department of Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Global Health Policy & Data Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4985-7796

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• Michelle Chiu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Joseline Chang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration

  Affiliation Rady School of Management, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Zoe Li,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliations Global Health Policy & Data Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America, S-3 Research, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Raphael Cuomo,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8179-0619

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• Tim K. Mackey

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations S-3 Research, San Diego, California, United States of America, Global Health Program, Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-7833

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