Analysis of Research on Online Rumors

Anjan Pal; Alton Y.K. Chua

doi:10.1109/INFOMAN.2019.8714707

Analysis of Research on Online Rumors

Anjan Pal, Alton Y.K. Chua

Nanyang Technological University

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Abstract

The prevalence of online rumors has now become a serious concern. They have also been attracting much scholarly attention from various academic disciplines. This study seeks to investigate the following research question: How do scholars tackle the phenomenon of online rumors? Specifically, it identifies (a) the research aims that have been explored, and (b) the disciplines as well as authors' collaboration trends in the exploration. For this purpose, the study conducts a content analysis of 202 scholarly articles to review the landscape of research on online rumors. The findings are as follows: There are four groups of research aims: (1) how rumors spread, (2) how rumors can be detected, (3) how rumors are perceived by humans, and (4) how rumors can be mitigated. In terms of the disciplines and authors' collaboration trends, while 128 (63.37%) articles showed intra-disciplinary collaboration, 74 (36.63%) articles involved inter-disciplinary collaboration trends. This study identifies directions for future research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	5th International Conference on Information Management, ICIM 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	108-112
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728134307
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INFOMAN.2019.8714707
Publication status	Published - May 14 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	5th International Conference on Information Management, ICIM 2019 - Cambridge, United Kingdom Duration: Mar 24 2019 → Mar 27 2019

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Name	5th International Conference on Information Management, ICIM 2019

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Conference	5th International Conference on Information Management, ICIM 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Cambridge
Period	3/24/19 → 3/27/19

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© 2019 IEEE.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems and Management
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Keywords

Content analysis
Disinformation
Misinformation
Online rumor
Social media

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Pal, A & Chua, AYK 2019, Analysis of Research on Online Rumors. in 5th International Conference on Information Management, ICIM 2019., 8714707, 5th International Conference on Information Management, ICIM 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 108-112, 5th International Conference on Information Management, ICIM 2019, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 3/24/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/INFOMAN.2019.8714707

Analysis of Research on Online Rumors. / Pal, Anjan; Chua, Alton Y.K.
5th International Conference on Information Management, ICIM 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 108-112 8714707 (5th International Conference on Information Management, ICIM 2019).

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