Does KFC sell rat? Analysis of tweets in the wake of a rumor outbreak

Aslib Journal of Information Management

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 660-673

  Pal, Anjan ^a   Chua, Alton Y K ^a   Goh, Dion Hoe Lian ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Counter rumor; Crisis informatics; Online rumors; Rumoring phenomena; Social media; User generated content

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

COUNTER-RUMOR; CRISIS INFORMATICS; ONLINE RUMORS; RUMORING PHENOMENA; SOCIAL MEDIA; USER-GENERATED CONTENT;

WAKES;

EID: 85032339372     PISSN: 20503806     EISSN: 20503814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/AJIM-01-2017-0026     Document Type: Article

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