Media Bias in XR
This project is already assigned.
Goal
- Investigation of media bias in news articles in VR.
- Perception or teaching effects with various aids (warnings, highlights, explanatory videos, etc.).
- (Optional: effects of environment or avatars on perception.)
- (Optional: news aggregator with media bias classifier + automatic visualizations in VR.)
Tasks
The topic will focus on the following tasks:
- Implementation in Unity/Unreal.
- Implementation and evaluation of the study.
- (Optional: study design, application design.)
Prerequisites
- Experience with/or interest in Unity/Unreal.
- Basic programming knowledge.
- Basic knowledge in statistics.
- Basics in HCI & research methods
Cooperation
Contact Persons at the University Würzburg
Smi Hinterreiter (Primary Contact Person)s.hinterreiter@media-bias-research.org
Marc Erich Latoschik
Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, Universität Würzburg
marc.latoschik@uni-wuerzburg.de
