Content characteristics predict the putative authenticity of COVID-19 rumors

Content characteristics predict the putative authenticity of COVID-19 rumors

Rumors regarding COVID-19 have been prevalent on the Internet and affect the control of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using 1,296 COVID-19 rumors collected from an online platform (piyao.org.cn) in China, we found measurable differences in the content characteristics between true and false rumors. We revea...

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Main Authors: Jingyi Zhao, Cun Fu, Xin Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
logistic regression model
content characteristics
authenticity
COVID-19 rumors
linguistic
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.920103/full

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