Ada-Project: Why Donald Trump Embraces Conspiracy Theories

A Deep Dive into YouTube's Role in Amplifying Controversy and Captivating Audiences

Website link: https://gyj155.github.io/ADA-KungFuCooking/

Description

Welcome to our project, where data meets discovery. With metadata from over 136,000 YouTube channels, 72.9 million videos, and 8.6 billion comments, the YouNiverse dataset, opens a window into the intricate dynamics of YouTube—a platform that shapes public discourse, amplifies voices, and sometimes, distorts realities. At the heart of our journey lies a pressing question: How do conspiracy theories thrive in this vast digital ecosystem?

Group Name:

kungfucooking

Group members:

Yejie Guo, Tianshuo Zhang, Yifan Wang, Yixiang Chen, Yuheng He.

Group contributions:

Firstly, we thank to Yejie for his work in raw data preprocessing.

For the web design and data story, Yejie, Tianshuo, Yifan and Yixiang share the equal contribution.

In terms of the data exploration and analysis, we present five parts in our website. Everyone in our group is responsible for one part.

• Yuheng: Draw a pie chart showing the proportion of different types of conspiracy terms(part 1).
• Yifan: Comparative analysis of videos containing conspiracy-related terms versus non-conspiracy content(part2).
• Yejie: Tracing the sequential pathways of Trump-related conspiracy theories on YouTube(part3).
• Tianshuo: Exploring the transition from conspiracy theories to entertainment channels(part4).
• Yixiang: Investigating the intersectional effects of conspiracy terms and entertainment channels(part5).