COVID-19 Pandemic: What can Nepal do to Curb the Potential Public Health Disaster? by Sujan Babu Marahatta, Shishir Paudel, Neeta Aryal

“…While social distancing is the best measure, for now, community outreach for proactive testing with mobilization of community health workers and the use of technologies to inform the preventive measures and to dispel the fears, and rumors can be promising. Including the general public, health workers and policymakers require a strong collaborative platform to work together to consolidate the measures ahead to prevent the COVID-19 disaster in Nepal. …”
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Identifying misinformation and their sources in social networks by Tang, Wenchang

“…Misinformation such as rumors and fake news can spread quickly within social circles and may potentially incur massive losses to society. …”
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HAK ÂŞIĞI AMASYALI FEDÂÎ BABA VE TASAVVUF KÜLTÜRÜ [GOD-LOVER FEDÂÎ BABA FROM AMASYA AND SUFI CULTURE] by Cafer Özdemir

“…Fedâî Baba was born in 1855 in Yassıçal, one of the central villages of Amasya, and he passed away in 1940. It is rumored that this Aşık who had a different personality stayed in tombs in his childhood. …”
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OSMANLI METİNLERİNDE MEHDÎ TASAVVURLARI by İncinur ATİK GÜRBÜZ

“…While there is an alliance of Islamic scholars and hadith narrators on Antichrist-related rumors there are some conflicts about the mahdi. Apart from religious works, it is seen that the Antichrist and the mahdi are mentioned in some literary poetic and prosaic works. …”
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An Intuitionistic Analysis of Political Freedoms in Islamic Society by Seyed Mojtaba Azizi, Hojatollah Noori Sari

“…In this respect, in order to prevent the manipulation of public opinion, address rumors, and counter the spread of fake news, the government sets some parameters that these movements have to adhere to when conducting media and public activities. …”
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The economical rumours: origin and social functions by Valdas Pruskus

“…Spreading of economical rumors in wide sections of the population and social groups show that they also perform very important social functions. …”
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Phenomenology of Organizational Silence (Case Study Farhangian University) by Iraj Mehdizadeh, Saeed Rajaipour, Seyed Ali Siadat

“…The knowledge theme encompasses several key issues: organizational knowledge insufficiency, low experience among administrative staff, attention to rumors instead of official information channels, lived experiences of the consequences of participation, and the inability to articulate issues. …”
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Critical events detection and management in complex networks by Yu, Yi

“…Infectious diseases, rumors, and innovative ideas may spread out at frightening/exciting speed, social systems may emerge, crash and re-emerge suddenly. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Passive Monetary Policy on Stock Price Index by Mina Sobhanipour, Hashem Zare, Mehrzad Ebrahimi

“…It can be said that if inflation expectations are combined with rumors of prosperity in a certain sector of the economy, shareholders may withdraw their capital from the stock market and invest in another field. …”
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A Reflection on the Thoughts and Beliefs of the Math Poet: Kiumars Monshizadeh by karim rashidi gamin, pooran yusefipoor, hooshmand Esfandiyarpour

“…Conclusion The results of the present study show that Monshizadeh’s poem is a lyrical poem containing descriptions, complaints, rumors, humor and the social and political issues. …”
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The Impact of Organizational Trust on Organizational Commitment Through the Mediating Variable of Organizational Participation by MohebAli Dahmardeh, Naser Nastiezaie

“…In addition to the aforementioned, rumors, pessimism and false fears caused by a low level of organizational trust are prevalent in the education organization. …”
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Representation of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Iranian Social Media by hadi khaniki, Ali Ahmadi

“…Sinelli et al. (2020) investigated COVID-19 rumors circulating on social media, and Harun and Rizvi (2020) examined its economic impacts. …”
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“Não passe vergonha nos grupos” by Adriana Barsotti

“…To combat misinformation among the elderly, Comprova - a fact-checking group comprising over 40 Brazilian media outlets - has launched the course "Don’t make a fool of yourself in groups - learn to identify rumors on social networks", using messages and videos sent via WhatsApp. …”
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Explaining the Social Factors Affecting the Participation of Iranian Instagram Users by Fatemeh Rahpeymafard, Afsaneh Mozaffari, Davod Nemati

“…This phenomenon can explain the spread of rumors and the accelerated dissemination of negative news, as well as self-presentations that significantly differ from the genuine selves of these users. …”
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Kalkal as a Relational Interactional Ritual: the Case of Kalkal in Dorehami by Seyedmohammad Hosseini

“…The question is challenging for the guest, and as he finally asserts, hinges on rumors about his second marriage with an actress much younger than himself. …”
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Editorial by Flavio Humberto Fernández-Morales

“…La incertidumbre, atizada por los rumores sobre la desaparición de la mitad de las revistas del IBN con respecto al modelo anterior, ha generado reacciones curiosas en instituciones y autores; una de ellas ha sido el retiro de varios manuscritos de los procesos editoriales ya que, al no haber certeza sobre la permanencia de las revistas en el índice, los autores prefieren retirar sus trabajos, sin tener en cuenta los traumatismos que esto genera. …”
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Application of Vladimir Propp's Theory for the Comparative Analysis of the Story of Siavash and Hippolyte by Leila Mirmojarabian, Shahla Mehdikhani

“…He is falsely accused.Siavash willingly accepts the punishment of passing through fire.Relative balance:Siavash bravely passes through the fire.The wicked stepmother is exposed and sentenced to punishment.Siavash's noble character leads to Sudabah's forgiveness.Upsetting the balance:Afrasiab emerges as a new villain, declaring war.Siavash voluntarily engages in battle and achieves victories.Afrasiab's troubled sleep compels him to seek peace.Balance:In Turan, Siavash marries Jarireh, Piran Vise's daughter, and Farangis, Afrasiab's daughter, to establish harmony.Siavash lives a content and joyful life there.Upsetting the balance:Gresives becomes envious upon witnessing Siavash's glory.Gresives spreads malicious rumors and plots against Siavash.The false accusations lead to an order to kill Siavash, resulting in his cowardly demise.Characters in the story of Hippolytus based on Propp's morphological analysisHero: TheseusVillain (anti-hero): MedeaHelpers of the hero: Hatef Mabad, ArianeMain hero: HippolytusVillain (anti-hero): Phaedra, Phaedra's nurseDestroyer: Poseidon, god of the sea and monstersOppressor: TheseusVictim: HippolytusThe seducer: PhaedraSacrifice helper: Artemis, goddess of huntingOmniscient narratorNarrative structure:Initial balance:Theseus, the son of Aegeus, the king of Athens, is born to his wife Aethra.Upsetting the balance:Theseus, not yet 16 years old, uncovers the stones, under which his father has hidden his shoes and sword.Theseus goes to Athens and defeats the bandits along the way.Medea, the sorceress, fears Theseus and plots to kill him.Theseus consults with Hatef at the temple before leaving for war.Victory in war can only be achieved if guided by love.Relative balance:Ariane, the daughter of Minos, falls in love with Theseus and helps him win.When Theseus returns, his father is dead and he ascends the throne, becoming the king.Upsetting the balance:Theseus goes to subdue the Amazons and captures their queen.Theseus marries the queen of the Amazons.Theseus has a son named Hippolytus with the Amazon queen.Upsetting the balance:Phaedra, Hippolytus' stepmother, falls in love with him and is unsatisfied.Theseus, who is not dead, returns and with the help of Phaedra's nurse, defames Hippolytus before the king, leading to Hippolytus' banishment.On the way to exile, Hippolytus fights a sea monster commanded by Poseidon, who attacks him. …”
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Protecting Confidentiality in the Digital Ecosystem of Humanitarian Aid by Cara Lewis

“…The European Data Protection Supervisor details how the personal information collected by organizations, such as medical, can be stolen or misconstrued to affect microtargeting, placing individuals in the direct path of echo chambers, digital tracking, and manipulation.[7] The International Broadcasting Trust released a report in 2018 detailing the extent to which misinformation was impacting the humanitarian aid groups it broadcasts to.[8] For example, the report shared that rumors spread by right-wing political groups in 2017 falsely circulated that humanitarian groups in the Mediterranean were collaborating with child trafficking rings.[9] After causing defamation, the right-wing group sent a boat to block and detain the humanitarian group’s search and rescue boat. …”
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2047 Mental illness public stigma, culture, and acculturation among Vietnamese Americans by Mai Do, Jennifer McCleary, Diem Nguyen, Keith Winfrey

“…That’s one thing the Vietnamese people are bad at, spreading false rumors and discrimination” (Older women FGD). One’s loss of status seemed certain if their or their loved one’s mental health status was disclosed. …”
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