Trend of narratives in the age of misinformation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Bessi, Alessandro ^a,b   Zollo, Fabiana ^b   Del Vicario, Michela ^b   Scala, Antonio ^b,c   Caldarelli, Guido ^b,c,d   Quattrociocchi, Walter ^b  

^a SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA SUPERIORE IUSS PAVIA   (Italy)

^b IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^c ISC CNR   (Italy)

^d London Institute of Mathematical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSPIRACY THEORY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; INFORMATION; INTERNET; MISINFORMATION; NARRATIVE; POLITICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; THEORY; THINKING; TREND STUDY; DECEPTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRENDS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION; DECEPTION; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NARRATION; POLITICS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84942914497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134641     Document Type: Article

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