Detection and resolution of rumours in social media: A survey

A Zubiaga, A Aker, K Bontcheva, M Liakata… - Acm Computing Surveys …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Despite the increasing use of social media platforms for information and news gathering, its
unmoderated nature often leads to the emergence and spread of rumours, ie, items of …

Disinformation as collaborative work: Surfacing the participatory nature of strategic information operations

K Starbird, A Arif, T Wilson - Proceedings of the ACM on Human …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we argue that strategic information operations (eg disinformation, political
propaganda, and other forms of online manipulation) are a critical concern for CSCW …

Examining the alternative media ecosystem through the production of alternative narratives of mass shooting events on Twitter

K Starbird - Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on …, 2017 - ojs.aaai.org
This research explores the alternative media ecosystem through a Twitter lens. Over a ten-
month period, we collected tweets related to alternative narratives—for example, conspiracy …

[图书][B] Social media and everyday politics

T Highfield - 2017 - books.google.com
From selfies and memes to hashtags and parodies, social media are used for mundane and
personal expressions of political commentary, engagement, and participation. The coverage …

Characterizing the dissemination of misinformation on social media in health emergencies: An empirical study based on COVID-19

C Zhou, H Xiu, Y Wang, X Yu - Information Processing & Management, 2021 - Elsevier
The dissemination of misinformation in health emergencies poses serious threats to public
health and increases health anxiety. To understand the underlying mechanism of the …

Rumor propagation is amplified by echo chambers in social media

D Choi, S Chun, H Oh, J Han, TT Kwon - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Spreading rumors on the Internet has become increasingly pervasive due to the proliferation
of online social media. This paper investigates how rumors are amplified by a group of users …

Acting the part: Examining information operations within# BlackLivesMatter discourse

A Arif, LG Stewart, K Starbird - Proceedings of the ACM on Human …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
This research examines how Russian disinformation actors participated in a highly charged
online conversation about the# BlackLivesMatter movement and police-related shootings in …

Linguistic characteristics and the dissemination of misinformation in social media: The moderating effect of information richness

C Zhou, K Li, Y Lu - Information Processing & Management, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been a rise in incorrect information, or misinformation, being
shared on social media. Such misinformation tends to be more eye-catching and …

Credbank: A large-scale social media corpus with associated credibility annotations

T Mitra, E Gilbert - Proceedings of the international AAAI conference on …, 2015 - ojs.aaai.org
Social media has quickly risen to prominence as a news source, yet lingering doubts remain
about its ability to spread rumor and misinformation. Systematically studying this …

Disinformation by design: The use of evidence collages and platform filtering in a media manipulation campaign

PM Krafft, J Donovan - Political Communication, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Disinformation campaigns such as those perpetrated by far-right groups in the United States
seek to erode democratic social institutions. Looking to understand these phenomena …