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Rumour research can douse digital wildfires

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  • Nicholas DiFonzo

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Work on how rumours arise and spread could help to dampen the effects of damaging misinformation circulating on the Internet, says Nicholas DiFonzo.

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  • Nicholas DiFonzo, 2013. "Rumour research can douse digital wildfires," Nature, Nature, vol. 493(7431), pages 135-135, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:493:y:2013:i:7431:d:10.1038_493135a
    DOI: 10.1038/493135a
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    1. Lingnan He & Haoshen Yang & Xiling Xiong & Kaisheng Lai, 2019. "Online Rumor Transmission Among Younger and Older Adults," SAGE Open, , vol. 9(3), pages 21582440198, September.
    2. Chen, Guanghua, 2019. "ILSCR rumor spreading model to discuss the control of rumor spreading in emergency," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 522(C), pages 88-97.
    3. Lingnan He & Yue Chen & Xiling Xiong & Xiqian Zou & Kaisheng Lai, 2021. "Does Science Literacy Guarantee Resistance to Health Rumors? The Moderating Effect of Self-Efficacy of Science Literacy in the Relationship between Science Literacy and Rumor Belief," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(5), pages 1-10, February.

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