A Multidisciplinary Framework of Information Propagation Online

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From information seeking to information avoidance: Understanding the health information behavior during a global health crisis

“…Furthermore, social networking sites administrators should develop policies regarding the volume of information sharing ( Nawaz et al., 2018 ), particularly during crises. In the recent past, social bots and cyborg have been used to develop and steer public opinion in a particular direction ( Alsmadi & O'Brien, 2020 ; Zhang & Ghorbani, 2020 ), their use during a pandemic for causing panic cannot be diminished ( Paletz, Auxier, & Golonka, 2019 ). This area also needs special attention from the administrators of social networking sites.…”

The Use of Big Data in Tourism Sales Forecasting

“…Companies' marketing activities (online news, web sites) are considered as a proxy for marketer-generated content (MGC), while consumers' online activities (blog posts and search traffic representing consumers' interest in new products) are considered user-generated content (UGC). The latter is treated as a tool to promote product information, as consumers' demand is highly sensitive to the data volumes of UGC shared on-line by potential consumers with informational utility (Paletz et al, 2019;Kim & Hanssens, 2017;Riz, 2013;Di Pietro & Pantano, 2012;Taylor et al, 2012). Paletz et al (2019) and Kim and Hanssens (2017) demonstrated that the UGC had more influence on demand than did firms' marketing activities, however, firms' marketing activities promote consumers' interests by increasing the chance of exposure to products.…”

“…The latter is treated as a tool to promote product information, as consumers' demand is highly sensitive to the data volumes of UGC shared on-line by potential consumers with informational utility (Paletz et al, 2019;Kim & Hanssens, 2017;Riz, 2013;Di Pietro & Pantano, 2012;Taylor et al, 2012). Paletz et al (2019) and Kim and Hanssens (2017) demonstrated that the UGC had more influence on demand than did firms' marketing activities, however, firms' marketing activities promote consumers' interests by increasing the chance of exposure to products. In order to check which type of on-line marketing activities is more beneficial for improving prediction accuracy, the second hypothesis was formulated:…”

Raising the Flag: Monitoring User Perceived Disinformation on Reddit

“…The categories were selected to cover a wide definition of content associated with false information. They were developed based on terminology used in previous research [3,4,8,9,23,48,52], while also keeping in mind the less formal communication style on Reddit (hence the sixth category). The exact terms used for each category can be inspected at the end of Appendix B.…”

“…Finally, the "authors" tab shows the most flagged users (as percent of total submisions). This can be useful to detect potential coordinated activity by groups of non-genuine users [52], social bots, or trolls that might stand out for having an unusually high number of flagged comments.…”