Predicting information credibility in time-sensitive social media

Internet Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 560-588

  Castillo, Carlos ^a   Mendoza, Marcelo ^b   Poblete, Barbara ^c  

^a QATAR COMPUTING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Qatar)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Information credibility; Model transfer; Online social networks; Social media prediction; Time sensitiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885445783     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IntR-05-2012-0095     Document Type: Article

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