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Interaction between official institutions and influential users of rumor control in online social networks
Online interactions have become major channels for people to obtain and disseminate information during the new normal of COVID-19, which can also be a primary platform for rumor propagation. There are many complex psychological reasons for spreading rumors, but previous studies have not fully analyz...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9379133/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35983205 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937296 |
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author | Bai, Shizhen Wu, Wenya Jiang, Man |
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description | Online interactions have become major channels for people to obtain and disseminate information during the new normal of COVID-19, which can also be a primary platform for rumor propagation. There are many complex psychological reasons for spreading rumors, but previous studies have not fully analyzed this problem from the perspective of the interaction between official institutions and influential users. The purpose of this study is to determine optimal strategies for official institutions considering the impact of two different influential user types (trolls and reputed personalities) by designing two game-theoretic models, namely “Rumor Clarification and Interaction Model” and “Rumor Verification and Interaction Model,” which can, respectively decide whether to clarify and when to clarify. The results of this article show that clarification strategies can be decided according to the characteristics of rumors and the influential user’s reactions. Meanwhile, publishing verified information prevents trolls’ “loophole advantages” and prevents reputed personalities from spreading false information due to the vague authenticity of rumors. Results also show that the verification strategy is limited by cost, period, and verification index. |
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spelling | pubmed-93791332022-08-17 Interaction between official institutions and influential users of rumor control in online social networks Bai, Shizhen Wu, Wenya Jiang, Man Front Psychol Psychology Online interactions have become major channels for people to obtain and disseminate information during the new normal of COVID-19, which can also be a primary platform for rumor propagation. There are many complex psychological reasons for spreading rumors, but previous studies have not fully analyzed this problem from the perspective of the interaction between official institutions and influential users. The purpose of this study is to determine optimal strategies for official institutions considering the impact of two different influential user types (trolls and reputed personalities) by designing two game-theoretic models, namely “Rumor Clarification and Interaction Model” and “Rumor Verification and Interaction Model,” which can, respectively decide whether to clarify and when to clarify. The results of this article show that clarification strategies can be decided according to the characteristics of rumors and the influential user’s reactions. Meanwhile, publishing verified information prevents trolls’ “loophole advantages” and prevents reputed personalities from spreading false information due to the vague authenticity of rumors. Results also show that the verification strategy is limited by cost, period, and verification index. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9379133/ /pubmed/35983205 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937296 Text en Copyright © 2022 Bai, Wu and Jiang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Bai, Shizhen Wu, Wenya Jiang, Man Interaction between official institutions and influential users of rumor control in online social networks |
title | Interaction between official institutions and influential users of rumor control in online social networks |
title_full | Interaction between official institutions and influential users of rumor control in online social networks |
title_fullStr | Interaction between official institutions and influential users of rumor control in online social networks |
title_full_unstemmed | Interaction between official institutions and influential users of rumor control in online social networks |
title_short | Interaction between official institutions and influential users of rumor control in online social networks |
title_sort | interaction between official institutions and influential users of rumor control in online social networks |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9379133/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35983205 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937296 |
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