Linguistic Predictors of Rumor Veracity on the Internet
This paper attempts to investigate the role of language in predicting the veracity of rumors on the Internet. Specifically, it seeks to examine rumor veracity as a function of six groups of linguistic predictors. These include rumors' (1) comprehensibility, (2) sentiment, (3) time-orientation,...
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Main Authors: | Banerjee, Snehasish, Chua, Alton Yeow Kuan |
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Other Authors: | Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information |
Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
Language: | English |
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2017
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85826 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43864 http://www.iaeng.org/publication/IMECS2016/IMECS2016_pp387-391.pdf |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |
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