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Rumor Source Credibility

Rumor Source Credibility is a construct in rumor diffusion research that denotes the perceived reliability and trustworthiness of an information source propagating a rumor, distinguishing it from other source attributes by its direct influence on the likelihood of rumor acceptance and further dissemination.

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95

Authors

58

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2017–2026

27

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Publications

42

Rumors and Health Care Reform: Experiments in Political Misinformation

Adam J. Berinsky · British Journal of Political Science · 2015 · 710 citations · Full text

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Evaluating Event Credibility on Twitter

Manish Gupta, Peixiang Zhao, Jiawei Han · 2012 · 273 citations

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Consumer Responses to Rumors: Good News, Bad News

Michael A. Kamins, Valerie S. Folkes, Lars Perner · Journal of Consumer Psychology · 1997 · 140 citations

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Origins of sinister rumors: A preference for threat-related material in the supply and demand of information

Timothy Blaine, Pascal Boyer · Evolution and Human Behavior · 2017 · 105 citations

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Rumors Denials as Persuasive Messages: Effects of Personal Relevance, Source, and Message Characteristics1

Prashant Bordia, Nicholas DiFonzo, Robin Haines et al. · Journal of Applied Social Psychology · 2005 · 104 citations

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Authors

95

  1. ND
    Nicholas DiFonzo

    Rochester Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 212 citations

    3

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  2. EM
    Eni Mustafaraj

    Wellesley College, United States

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  3. GA
    Gary Alan Fine

    Northwestern University, United States

    2 publications · 81 citations

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  4. PB
    Pascal Boyer

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    2 publications · 179 citations

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  5. AY
    Alton Y.K. Chua

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    2 publications · 51 citations

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Institutions

58

  1. Rochester Institute of Technology

    Rochester, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    212 citations

  2. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    284 citations

  3. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    84 citations

  4. Nanyang Technological University

    Singapore, Singapore

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    131 citations

  5. Wellesley College

    Wellesley, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    234 citations

  6. King Saud University

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    75 citations

  7. University of Alicante

    Alicante, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  8. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    94 citations

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Venues

  1. Public Understanding of Science

    1 publications · 50 citations

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  2. Information Technology and People

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  3. Korean Journal of Communication & Information

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  4. Review of Financial Studies

    1 publications · 51 citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    1 publications · 74 citations

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