Dynamics and characteristics of misinformation related to earthquake predictions on Twitter
Abstract The spread of misinformation on social media can lead to inappropriate behaviors that can make disasters worse. In our study, we focused on tweets containing misinformation about earthquake predictions and analyzed their dynamics. To this end, we retrieved 82,129 tweets over a period of 2 y...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-08-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40399-9 |