The Retransmission of Rumor and Rumor Correction Messages on Twitter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4927658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alton Y K Chua (0000-0002-5603-2453), Cheng-Ying Tee, Augustine Pang (0000-0002-2802-5010), Ee-Peng Lim (0000-0003-0065-8665) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 707-723 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764217717561 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 26 |
This article seeks to examine the relationships among source credibility, message plausibility, message type (rumor or rumor correction) and retransmission of tweets in a rumoring situation. From a total of 5,885 tweets related to the rumored death of the founding father of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, 357 original tweets without an "RT" prefix were selected and analyzed using negative binomial regression analysis. The results show that source credibility and message plausibility are correlated with retransmission. Also, rumor correction tweets are retweeted more than rumor tweets. Moreover, message type moderates the relationship between source credibility and retransmission as well as that between message plausibility and retransmission. By highlighting some implications for theory and practice, this article concludes with some limitations and suggestions for further research
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| Citations per year | 1,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |