Title

Propagation from Deceptive News Sources: Who Shares, How Much, How Evenly, and How Quickly?

Summary

This article investigates the spread of misinformation on social media by analyzing 11 million posts and examining user behaviors in propagating content from trusted versus suspicious news sources. The study contrasts population and subpopulation behaviors, revealing that a small group of highly active users are responsible for spreading disinformation, with significant differences observed across demographics. It also finds that news from trusted sources is shared more quickly, while users with lower income and education levels are more likely to spread disinformation.

 

 

َAuthor

Glenski, M., Weninger, T., & Volkova, S

Year

2018

َThematic Area

Communication Studies

Topic

Fake information and Social media

Country

Global

Region

Global

Misinformation Combatting

Misinformation Diffusion

Place Published

APA 7th End Text Citation

Glenski, M., Weninger, T., & Volkova, S. (2018). Propagation from Deceptive News Sources: Who Shares, How Much, How Evenly, and How Quickly? IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 5(4), 1071– 1082.. doi: 10.1109/TCSS.2018.2881071