Transmission of Rumor and Criticism in Twitter after the Great Japan Earthquake
Transmission of Rumor and Criticism in Twitter after the Great Japan Earthquake
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2012-08
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2.5
通讯作者：
Yuko Tanaka;Yasuaki Sakamoto;Toshihiko Matsuka
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作者：
Yuko Tanaka;Yasuaki Sakamoto;Toshihiko Matsuka
本研究的目的是探讨影响灾难期间社交媒体谣言和批评传播的心理因素。千叶大学的40名学生评估了日本3月11日地震后Twitter上发布的10条谣言推文和相应的10条批评推文。在众多的心理因素中，只有重要性与谣言的有意传播有关。令人惊讶的是，准确性和焦虑并不是任何传播的预测因素。当批评的重要性高时，其估计传播率较高，而谣言的估计传播率并不随重要性而变化。有趣的是，尽管参与者估计批评比谣言传播得更多，但他们打算传播谣言和批评一样多。
The purpose of this study was to examine psychological factors that affect the transmission of rumor and criticism in social media during disasters. 40 students at Chiba University evaluated 10 rumor tweets and corresponding 10 criticism tweets that were posted in Twitter after the Japan March 11 Earthquake. Among some psychological factors, only importance was related to intended transmission of rumor. Surprisingly, accuracy and anxiety were not predictors of any transmission. Estimated transmission of criticisms was higher when its importance was high, while that of rumor did not vary according to importance. Interestingly, although participants estimated that criticisms were spread more than rumor, they intended to transmit rumors as much as criticisms.