Add to ORKGThis paper investigates the relationship between the characteristics of online rumor rebuttals and their virality on social media. Virality was conceptualized in terms of the volume of Likes (affective evaluation), Comments (message deliberation), and Shares (viral reach) attracted by rumor rebuttals on Facebook. The dataset included 479 online rumor rebuttal posts. Qualitative content analysis was employed to identify characteristics of the rebuttals while quantitative methods were used to examine how these characteristics predicted their virality. Rebuttal virality was found to be positively predicted by message posters’ credibility (#Likes, #Comments, and #Shares), justification of the rebuttal (#Likes and #Comments), call to action (#Co...
Online social networks provide a rich substrate for rumor propagation. Information received via frie...
This research investigates how Internet users comment in response to rumor corrections posted on soc...
Why do we share fake news? Despite a growing body of freely-available knowledge and information fake...
This paper explores the dynamics of justification in the wake of a rumor outbreak on social media. S...
Rumors on the Internet have become a growing concern. A possible way to tackle rumors is the use of ...
As rumors often ripple across the cyberspace, posting rumor corrections on social media can bring ab...
Social media enables efficient and easy exchange of information. However, this not only enhances the...
False rumors (often termed “fake news”) on social media pose a significant threat to modern societie...
Despite the increasing use of social media platforms for information and news gathering, its unmoder...
The emergence of the Internet as a ubiquitous technology has facilitated the rapid evolution of soci...
As breaking news unfolds people increasingly rely on social media to stay abreast of the latest upda...
As breaking news unfolds people increasingly rely on social media to stay abreast of the latest upda...
With the proliferation of social networks and the development of digital technology, the content str...
Social media enhances information exchange efficiency, yet it also facilitates the dissemination of ...
The rise of online social networks (OSNs) has dramatically accelerated the diffusion of large-scale ...
Online social networks provide a rich substrate for rumor propagation. Information received via frie...
This research investigates how Internet users comment in response to rumor corrections posted on soc...
Why do we share fake news? Despite a growing body of freely-available knowledge and information fake...
This paper explores the dynamics of justification in the wake of a rumor outbreak on social media. S...
Rumors on the Internet have become a growing concern. A possible way to tackle rumors is the use of ...
As rumors often ripple across the cyberspace, posting rumor corrections on social media can bring ab...
Social media enables efficient and easy exchange of information. However, this not only enhances the...
False rumors (often termed “fake news”) on social media pose a significant threat to modern societie...
Despite the increasing use of social media platforms for information and news gathering, its unmoder...
The emergence of the Internet as a ubiquitous technology has facilitated the rapid evolution of soci...
As breaking news unfolds people increasingly rely on social media to stay abreast of the latest upda...
As breaking news unfolds people increasingly rely on social media to stay abreast of the latest upda...
With the proliferation of social networks and the development of digital technology, the content str...
Social media enhances information exchange efficiency, yet it also facilitates the dissemination of ...
The rise of online social networks (OSNs) has dramatically accelerated the diffusion of large-scale ...
Online social networks provide a rich substrate for rumor propagation. Information received via frie...
This research investigates how Internet users comment in response to rumor corrections posted on soc...
Why do we share fake news? Despite a growing body of freely-available knowledge and information fake...