Manipulating the Perception of Credibility in Refugee Related Social Media Posts

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-350412
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.35041

Aigner, Johannes ; Duchardt, Amelie ; Kersting, Thiemo ; Kattenbeck, Markus ; Elsweiler, David

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Item type:	Conference or workshop item (UNSPECIFIED)
Date:	2017
Institutions:	Languages and Literatures > Institut für Information und Medien, Sprache und Kultur (I:IMSK) > Lehrstuhl für Informationswissenschaft (Prof. Dr. Udo Kruschwitz)
Keywords:	false information, rumours, perception of information, social media
Dewey Decimal Classification:	000 Computer science, information & general works > 004 Computer science 000 Computer science, information & general works > 020 Library & information sciences
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of Regensburg:	Yes
Item ID:	35041

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This paper describes a controlled web-based study (n=126), investigating whether the perception of the credibility of refugee-related Tweets can be influenced by cues already reported in the literature for social media content generally. We provide empirical evidence that both a Tweet's popularity and the presence of links -- even neutral links created by URL shortening services -- may increase ...

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