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
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;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2014.361
