Rumor verifications on Facebook: Click speech of likes, comments and shares

Alton Y.K. Chua; Snehasish Banerjee

doi:10.1109/ICDIM.2017.8244642

Rumor verifications on Facebook: Click speech of likes, comments and shares

Alton Y.K. Chua, Snehasish Banerjee

Nanyang Technological University

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Abstract

This paper seeks to answer the following research question: How do users of social networking sites react to rumor verifications? Rumor verifications refer to messages posted by Snopes, a website dedicated to verify rumors, to confirm the veracity of rumors as either true or false. Data were collected from Snopes' Facebook Fan Page. Users' reactions to rumor verifications on Facebook were examined through their click speech in the form of Likes, Comments and Shares. Users' reactions were studied as a function of two factors: rumor type (wish, dread or neutral), and verification verdict (true or false). Data analyses involved both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Results indicated that users' click speech of Likes and Shares differed significantly with respect to rumor type and verification verdict. Comments were found to contain personal opinion, emotive expression, and call-to-action. Based on these results, the paper offers four implications. It also points to a number of directions for future research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 12th International Conference on Digital Information Management, ICDIM 2017
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	257-262
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538606643
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDIM.2017.8244642
Publication status	Published - Jun 28 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	12th International Conference on Digital Information Management, ICDIM 2017 - Fukuoka, Japan Duration: Sept 12 2017 → Sept 14 2017

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Name	2017 12th International Conference on Digital Information Management, ICDIM 2017
Volume	2018-January

Conference

Conference	12th International Conference on Digital Information Management, ICDIM 2017
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Fukuoka
Period	9/12/17 → 9/14/17

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© 2017 IEEE.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems
Information Systems and Management

Keywords

click speech
digital information
Facebook
information management
online behavior
online rumor
web services

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Chua, A. Y. K., & Banerjee, S. (2017). Rumor verifications on Facebook: Click speech of likes, comments and shares. In 2017 12th International Conference on Digital Information Management, ICDIM 2017 (pp. 257-262). (2017 12th International Conference on Digital Information Management, ICDIM 2017; Vol. 2018-January). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDIM.2017.8244642

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Chua, AYK & Banerjee, S 2017, Rumor verifications on Facebook: Click speech of likes, comments and shares. in 2017 12th International Conference on Digital Information Management, ICDIM 2017. 2017 12th International Conference on Digital Information Management, ICDIM 2017, vol. 2018-January, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 257-262, 12th International Conference on Digital Information Management, ICDIM 2017, Fukuoka, Japan, 9/12/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDIM.2017.8244642

Rumor verifications on Facebook: Click speech of likes, comments and shares. / Chua, Alton Y.K.; Banerjee, Snehasish.
2017 12th International Conference on Digital Information Management, ICDIM 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 257-262 (2017 12th International Conference on Digital Information Management, ICDIM 2017; Vol. 2018-January).

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Chua AYK, Banerjee S. Rumor verifications on Facebook: Click speech of likes, comments and shares. In 2017 12th International Conference on Digital Information Management, ICDIM 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. p. 257-262. (2017 12th International Conference on Digital Information Management, ICDIM 2017). doi: 10.1109/ICDIM.2017.8244642

Rumor verifications on Facebook: Click speech of likes, comments and shares

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