• DocumentCode
    1765859
  • Title

    Misinformation Propagation in the Age of Twitter

  • Author

    Fang Jin ; Wei Wang ; Liang Zhao ; Dougherty, Edward ; Yang Cao ; Chang-Tien Lu ; Ramakrishnan, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Dec. 2014
  • Firstpage
    90
  • Lastpage
    94
  • Abstract
    A quantitative analysis of tweets during the Ebola crisis reveals that lies, half-truths, and rumors can spread just like true news.
  • Keywords
    diseases; information dissemination; social networking (online); Ebola crisis; Twitter; half-truths; lies; misinformation propagation; quantitative analysis; rumors; true news; Computational modeling; Data mining; Diseases; Information analysis; Information discovery; Social network services; Twitter; Ebola; Twitter; data mining; discovery analytics; information propagation; social media;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2014.361
  • Filename
    6994082
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1765859