Collective attention in the age of (mis)information

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 1198-1204

  Mocanu, Delia ^a   Rossi, Luca ^a   Zhang, Qian ^a   Karsai, Marton ^b   Quattrociocchi, Walter ^a,c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENS Lyon   (France)

^c IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collective narratives; Misinformation; Online social network

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

ALTERNATIVE INFORMATION; COLLECTIVE NARRATIVES; COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST; ELECTORAL COMPETITIONS; INFORMATION SOURCES; INTERACTION PATTERN; MISINFORMATION; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84955180625     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.024     Document Type: Article

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