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The spreading of misinformation online

The spreading of misinformation online

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The spreading of misinformation online

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Full title

The spreading of misinformation online

Publisher

United States: National Academy of Sciences

Journal title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2016-01, Vol.113 (3), p.554-559

Language

English

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Publisher

United States: National Academy of Sciences

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Scope and Contents

Contents

The wide availability of user-provided content in online socialmedia facilitates the aggregation of people around common interests, worldviews, and narratives. However, the World Wide Web (WWW) also allows for the rapid dissemination of unsubstantiated rumors and conspiracy theories that often elicit rapid, large, but naive social responses such as...

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The spreading of misinformation online

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4725489

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4725489

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ISSN

0027-8424

E-ISSN

1091-6490

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1517441113

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