Active Twitter users spread misinformation and rumors during crises, study finds
Published May 14, 2018 This content is archived.
International Business Times covered research by Jun Zhuang, associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems, who studied twitter use after Hurricane Sandy and the Boston Marathon bombing, finding that up to 90 percent of twitter users spread false news and less than 10 percent sought to confirm it.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate how apt Twitter users are at debunking falsehoods during disasters. Unfortunately, the results paint a less than flattering picture,” said Zhuang.
Read the story here.
It was also covered by Gizmodo, Health News Digest, Financial Express, Mobile Marketing News, Daily Pioneer, New Indian Express, Homeland Security News Wire.
