Testing the Fama and French three factor model : evidence from China by Ho, Qiao Yi, Lee, Pearl Shi Qi, Yang, Ryan Jing Liang

“…The market, consisting of the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchange, is uniquely characterized by individual investors who based their investments on market rumours. We tests the daily and monthly stock returns against the Fama-French three factors, namely excess market return, firm size and book-to-market ratio. …”
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A Perspective On COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in India by Tanmaye Rameneni, Tooba Sayeed, Sumit Kumar

“…Vaccine hesitancy was largely affected by rumours surrounding it. Contradictory information regarding the vaccines created uncertainty about the consequences of getting vaccinated. …”
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Unwillingness or reluctance of Palestinians to get the COVID-19 vaccine: the reasons behind it and how to persuade them by Hammoda Abu-Odah, Jing Su, Salihu Sabiu Musa

“…Discussion: The unwillingness of Palestinian people to get the COVID-19 vaccine was attributed to the spread of false rumours, misinformation, and conspiracy theories they received about the vaccine on the social media and mistrust towards vaccines the government purchased. …”
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Non-halal ingredients in products with special reference to toothpaste looking at the Malaysian law / Nurdalina Md. Yassin and Christy Eleanor Anak Dublin by Md. Yassin, Nurdalina, Dublin, Christy Eleanor

“…Why we choose this topic is because there have been many rumours about one of the toothpaste brand which contains non-halal ingredients. …”
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Information trustworthiness as a solution to the misinformation problems in social media by Nurse, J, Agrafiotis, I, Goldsmith, M, Creese, S, Lamberts, K, Price, D, Jones, G

“…Typical examples of challenges include the prevalence of mistaken information and deliberate misinformation and rumours. With an understanding of these challenges, we then introduce the notion of information-trustworthiness measures as a potential solution to the problem of misinformation in social media. …”

Systematic risk and accounting determinants: A new perspective from an emerging market by Aruna, Dian Citra, Warokka, Ari

“…By using current ratio, debt to total asset ratio, Long-term Debt to Total Asset (LDTA) ratio, firm size, and growth as the proxies for accounting determinants and beta as the proxy for systematic risk, we investigated 15 top and most-traded Indonesian manufacturing firms' stocks.The results revealed a striking and surprising phenomenon, which no accounting determinants influence at all the systematic risk.It demonstrated the market behaviour that paid less attention to the financial statement information, and seemed to focus more on technical analysis in making an investment decision.It implicitly highlighted on how to manage a market that seemingly is sensitive to non-fundamental factors, i.e., market sentiment and macroeconomic rumours, the main drivers of technical analysis.…”

Exploring fake communication news through Facebook by Sabri, Rizwan, Kamaruddin, Azlina

“…The root reason for carrying out semi-structured interviews is because we are interested to understand the forms of posting rumours and actions taken by the general public about the issue of fake communication. …”
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Ennemis de toujours ou alliés d’un jour : les agents du SOE reconsidèrent les relations franco-britanniques de 1940 à 1945 by Emilie Berthillot

“…Finally, the paper studies the fall of the Prosper network – which some believe was deliberately sacrificed – and shows how the spreading of rumours (a commonly used practice throughout the war) jeopardized operational cooperation between the Free French and British secret agents.…”
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Effects of information-induced behavioural changes during the COVID-19 lockdowns: the case of Italy by Bruno Buonomo, Rossella Della Marca

“…We consider an SEIR-like epidemic model where the contact and quarantine rates depend on the available information and rumours about the disease status in the community. …”
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Amândoi by Liviu Rebreanu: multicultural settings and sources of suspense by Lucian Vasile Bagiu

“…The continuous increase of suspense, the open ending, the parody in the undertone, and the development of the intrigue in an original multicultural context are presented further on. The various rumours arising from the townspeople’s own hypotheses about the murders of the aged Dăniloiu provide the opportunity to present the detective genre, which Rebreanu introduced in Romanian literature, suggesting a disguised satire of the type. …”
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From statistical physics to social sciences: the pitfalls of multi-disciplinarity by Jean-Philippe Bouchaud

“…Crises, panics, opinion reversals, the spread of rumours or beliefs, fashion effects and the zeitgeist , but also the existence of money, lasting institutions, social norms and stable societies, must be understood in terms of collective belief and/or trust, self-sustained by interactions, or on the contrary, the rapid collapse of this belief or trust. …”
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Analysis of Multiple Factors Influencing COVID-19 Induced Mental Health by Chauhan Neha, Dubey Niranjan, Iyer R. Kamatchi, Zade Nilima

“…With many of us facing challenges and battles in our lives, it is natural to feel frustrated and distressed. The spread of rumours and misinformation has led to anger, disorder and stress among people. …”
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Knowledge and approaches of married men applying to a primary healthcare center in Istanbul about IUD: A qualitative study by Muhammed Fatih Onsuz, Seyhan Hıdıroğlu, Melda Karavuş

“…Knowledge of men about IUD, its side effects and disadvantages were generally composed of misinformation and rumours about the subject. CONCLUSION: Men do not have adequate information and knowledge on family planning and IUD. …”
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Prevalence and nature of bullying in schools of Bangladesh: A pilot study by Md Zahir Ahmed, Oli Ahmed, Fatema Akhter Hiramoni

“…Results showed that the most commonly experienced forms of bullying were pushing or shoving, being made fun of, and having rumours spread. Students who were boys, from public schools, and lived in urban areas had significantly higher bullying victimization experiences. …”
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Archi-écritures de genre et politiques de différance : immondices verbales et littéracies d’intervention dans le quotidien des établissements scolaires by Rodrigo Borba, Adriana Carvalho Lopes

“…In 2015, rumours about the fact that Colégio Pedro II had established the use of the letter X as a strategy to erase (grammatical and social) gender triggered linguistic guerilla wars (Cameron, 2012) among experts and language users. …”
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Celsus, Toledot Yeshu and Early Traces of Apology for Virginal Birth of Jesus by Antti Laato

“…It is argued that the concept of the virgin birth of Jesus was seen to be problematic for two reasons: 1) The concept was liable to result in scurrilous rumours, even scoffing and parodic episodes revolving on its sexual aspects. 2) Every attempt to explain that God was in some way the agent when a young girl conceived came too close to Gen. 6:1–4 – the text which explained in ancient Judaism the origin of the demonic world. …”
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“There Will Be No Further Explanation”: Celebrity Journalism and Taylor Swift’s 'Reputation' by Victoria Sands

“…Furthermore, as evidenced with Swift’s promotional practices, a reliance on digital fan cultures in lieu of traditional media entices fans to increasingly perform emotional labour and broaden networks in which they can circulate news and ‘fact check’ reports and rumours, while anticipating rewards from the celebrity, and participating more directly in popular media.…”
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Internal communications functions in military organizational systems by Kljajić Nebojša

“…It is also a powerful shield for soldiers against rumours, numerous problems and dilemmas. Effective internal communications arms all actors in the chain of command and control with the most powerful weapons, and that is information and knowledge. …”
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The Lady on the Sofa: Revisiting Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Illness by Isadora Quirarte-Ruvalcaba

“…Barrett Browning’s illness and death have been romanticised ever since her own time, with multiple rumours and theories mostly focusing on the fact that her illness was ‘miraculously dispelled’ by ‘love’ and only reappeared gradually to take the poet’s life. …”
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“Who Can Be Added”: The Effects of Refugee Status Determination and Third Country Resettlement Processes on the Marriage Strategies, Rites, and Customs of the Southern Sudanese in... by Lorraine Currie

“…Guidelines of UNHCR and/or resettlement countries play a considerable role in these decisions, as do rumours about marriage certification and difficulty in finding suitable partners in the West. …”
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