Waterloo in Vanity Fair or the Art of not Representing War by Marianne Camus

“…He shows, for example, the impossibility, to write the history of war, by giving us all the different versions of it: rumour, newspapers, official history books with their biases and contradictions. …”
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STUDI IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN TANGGUNGJAWAB SOSIAL PERUSAHAAN Studi Kasus Pada Eksploitasi Emas Blok Batu Hijau Sumbawa Barat Nusa Tenggara Barat by , Sobirin Ratu Jaya, Ir., , Prof. Dr. Yeremias T. Keban

“…The obstacles of CSR are distrust and misperception of people around, which appear because of rumour about contamination by PT NNT operations.…”

Opec at (more than) fifty: the long road to baghdad, and beyond by Boue, J

“…After all, the fact that Carlyle himself could refer to History as the ‘distillation of rumour’, reflected in no small measure the difficulties still posed in his day by the collection, collation and dissemination of reliable information and data. …”

Theories of poetry, 1256-1400 by Orton, D

“…The literary history that presents itself describes a rise and a fall of poetry, where the poetic theories born in Paris appear to flourish in Padua, before dying on the streets of London, crushed beneath the stampeding crowds of the House of Rumour. As the nature of poetic discourse (and of the poet) were crucial points of conflict throughout the period, a study of the theory of poetry is necessary for a full understanding of medieval literary history. …”

The science of rumors by Massimo Crescimbene, Federica La Longa, Tiziana Lanza

“…Social psychology, more elegantly, uses the latin word rumor (rumour in British English), which means sound, voice, or gossip. …”
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Political communication and civil society: Age of cyber society and postpolitics by Milenković Vesna

“…Communication and the public, in the operation of all segments of civil society, are the essential prerequisites for the interests of citizens to be protected and represented, because on one hand, the secrecy in decision-making of a small group of people creates an atmosphere of mistrust, and on the other, communication gets the form of rumour and takes place in a private social space at the level of interpersonal communication. …”
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Caring for children with disabilities in Kilifi, Kenya: what is the carer's experience? by Gona, J, Mung'ala-Odera, V, Newton, C, Hartley, S

“…Fear for the future, stress, rumour-mongering and poverty are encountered by carers. …”

A Pluralist Approach to the Law of International Sales by Juana Coetzee

“…The Proposal for a Common European Sales Law (CESL) was recently withdrawn, and now Britain has voted to leave the European Union. Rumour has it that more countries might follow. The current private law framework for international sales contracts consists of a hybrid system where international, national, state and non-state law function side by side. …”
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FakeNewsLab: Experimental Study on Biases and Pitfalls Preventing Us from Distinguishing True from False News by Giancarlo Ruffo, Alfonso Semeraro

“…Although the opportunity to verify the rumour is often just one click away, many users fail to make a correct evaluation. …”
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The talk of the town: oral communication and networks of information in sixteenth-century St. Gallen by Roth, C

“…By reconstructing Rütiner's network of informants and probing four genres of communication within their respective social contexts – jokes, gossip, rumour, and memory narratives –, it explores early modern sociability, the circulation of information, and the relationship between oral testimony, manuscript, and print. …”

What’s in a name? Nieuw licht op Moulins hofstede, de vroegste aanleg van buitenplaats Elswout te Overveen by Inger Groeneveld

“…This article deals with the overlooked first period (1633-1654) of Moulin’s Manor, as it was known then, and with the founder Carl du Moulin (1586/1588 to approximately 1667), a wealthy tradesman from Amsterdam, who had formerly lived in Russia, of whom nothing substantial was known except a rumour and the fact that he went bankrupt in 1654. …”
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Evaluating Law Teaching: Towards the Improvement of Teaching or Performance Assessment? by Richard Johnstone

“…It has been commonly accepted that where teaching has been scrutinised for the purposes of promotion, confirmation and recruitment, scrutiny was often based on rumour, innuendo and hearsay. In this context, then, the move towards more rigorous scrutiny of teaching in law schools should be welcome. …”
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Framing of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal by english and chinese newspapers published in Malaysia by Su-Hie Ting, Kai-Chee Lam, Siau-Fan Si, Kai-Wern Chan

“…Instead the English newspapers highlight the economic consequences of 1MDB and the conflict between individuals and groups, as well as contradictions between rumour and fact. The findings suggest that framing of controversial high-profile financial corruption case may differ due to the readership of the English and Chinese newspapers.…”
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Political Law of Sidawangi Society towards Customary Rights Over Oro-Oro Land by Sarip Sarip, Hanif Nurcholish Adiantika, Abdul Muaz

“…The action of arbitrary village officers is deemed to be one of crucial factors to realise their expectation. Furthermore, the rumour of switching “Oro-Oro” land into plantation land by the corporation also toughens the strong desire of Sidawangi society to realize their expectation. …”
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Situation in old Serbia during Russo-Japanese war by Zarković Vesna S.

“…Money and arms sending, bribery of Albanians including rumour spreading via their friars in the field are some of examples of the proven tactics Austria-Hungary were using. …”
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Placing Immateriality: Situating the Material of Highland Chiriquí by Karen Holmberg

“…I draw from diverse, ephemeral and cartographically imprecise sources of information provided by accounts from looters and adventurers, antiquarian reports, museum accession files, and rumour to extrapolate possible locations for looted sites that provided the materials held in the major museum collections. …”
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Ponte City, Johannesburg: a history of appropriation and the appropriation of history by McKay, Harriet

“…Johannesburg (eGoli, “place of gold” in isiZulu) has been the subject of rumour and myth from its days as a gold-mining camp in the 1880s. …”
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Digital wildfires: hyper-connectivity, havoc and a global ethos to govern social media by Webb, H, Jirotka, M, Carsten Stahl, B, Housley, W, Edwards, A, Williams, M, Procter, R, Rana, O, Burnap, P

“…This provocative content may take the form of rumour, hate speech or inflammatory messages etc. and the harms caused may affect individuals, groups, organisations or populations. …”

Assessment of measurement indicators of success factors of Facebook use for flash flood disaster management by Illias, Nur Hasniza, Maarop, Nurazean, Hassan, Noor Hafizah, Samy, Ganthan Narayana, Megat Zainuddin, Norziha, Magalingam, Pritheega, Wong, Doris Hui Ten

“…Results revealed that Perceived Ease of Use, Perceived Usefulness, Information Quality, System Quality, Emotional Support, Rumour Control, Social Influence, Overall Flow, Intention to Use, Actual Use, Adaptability, Resilience and Proactiveness are reliable factors that can be considered for further research in Facebook use for flash flood management.…”

Information and Communication Technology in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic/Infodemic by Shinji Kobayashi

“…In Japan, face masks became difficult to find and toilet paper temporarily disappeared from stores because it was thought that it was made from the same paper as masks.1 Similar panic buying and stockpiling has occurred worldwide, disrupting logistics. In Iran, a false rumour circulated that methanol was effective against COVID-19, which led to nearly 500 deaths.2 In the USA, the President Donald Trump made comments about injecting disinfectant, leading to several people drinking the disinfectant and causing them health problems.3 The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) released a statement to make it known that there is no scientific basis for the claim that 5G network accelerated the COVID-19 pandemic.4 Social unrest has increased the stigma attached to those of Asian ethnicity, people who have recovered from COVID-19, and health care workers.5 Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, smartphone apps were being utilised to combat infectious diseases, and more apps have since been developed to tackle COVID-19. …”
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