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False Rumor Spread

False Rumor Spread is a phenomenon within rumor dynamics wherein a piece of information, categorically untrue and unsupported by evidence, propagates through a population via social communication channels, distinguished from other forms of rumor dissemination by the empirical falsity of its content and its persistence despite corrective interventions.

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2017–2026

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Information credibility on twitter

Carlos Castillo, Marcelo Mendoza, Bárbara Poblete · 2011 · 2.5K citations

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Twitter under crisis

Marcelo Mendoza, Bárbara Poblete, Carlos Castillo · 2010 · 951 citations

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Analysing How People Orient to and Spread Rumours in Social Media by Looking at Conversational Threads

Arkaitz Zubiaga, Maria Liakata, Rob Procter et al. · PLoS ONE · 2016 · 730 citations · Full text

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Fake news, rumor, information pollution in social media and web: A contemporary survey of state-of-the-arts, challenges and opportunities

Priyanka Meel · Expert Systems with Applications · 2019 · 499 citations

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Rumors, False Flags, and Digital Vigilantes: Misinformation on Twitter after the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing

Kate Starbird, Jim Maddock, Mania Orand et al. · iConference 2014 Proceedings · 2014 · 425 citations

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Authors

234

  1. NP
    Nicolas Pröllochs

    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

    3 publications · 162 citations

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  2. KS
    Kate Starbird

    University of Washington, United States

    2 publications · 468 citations

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  3. MM
    Marcelo Mendoza

    Federico Santa María Technical University, Chile

    2 publications · 3.4K citations

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  4. BP
    Bárbara Poblete

    University of Chile, Chile

    2 publications · 3.4K citations

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  5. CC
    Carlos Castillo

    Yahoo (Spain), Spain

    2 publications · 3.4K citations

    2

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Institutions

125

  1. Hong Kong Baptist University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    428 citations

  2. Wuhan University

    Wuhan, China

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    180 citations

  3. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    146 citations

  4. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    125 citations

  5. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    76 citations

  6. Yahoo (Spain)

    Madrid, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    3.4K citations

  7. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

    Munich, Germany

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    179 citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    640 citations

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Venues

  1. Computers in Human Behavior

    3 publications · 310 citations

    3

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  2. Telematics and Informatics

    2 publications · 114 citations

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  3. Expert Systems with Applications

    2 publications · 575 citations

    2

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  4. Journal of Behavioral Finance

    JBF · 2 publications · 72 citations

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  5. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 2 publications · 44 citations

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