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Information credibility on twitter

Proceedings of the 20th international conference on World wide web, 2011
We analyze the information credibility of news propagated through Twitter, a popular microblogging service. Previous research has shown that most of the messages posted on Twitter are truthful, but the service is also used to spread misinformation and false rumors, often unintentionally.On this paper we focus on automatic methods for assessing the ...
Carlos Castillo 0001, Marcelo Mendoza, Barbara Poblete   +2 more
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Evaluating credibility of web information

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Uniquitous Information Management and Communication, 2010
We describe a new concept and method for evaluating the Web information credibility. The quality control of information (text, image, video etc.) on the Web is generally insufficient due to low publishing barriers. As a result, there is a large amount of mistaken and unreliable information on the Web that can have detrimental effects on users.
Katsumi Tanaka, Hiroaki Ohshima, Adam Jatowt, Satoshi Nakamura 0002, Yusuke Yamamoto, Kazutoshi Sumiya, Ryong Lee, Daisuke Kitayama, Takayuki Yumoto, Yukiko Kawai, Jianwei Zhang 0002, Shinsuke Nakajima, Yoichi Inagaki   +12 more
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Factors and effects of information credibility

Proceedings of the ninth international conference on Electronic commerce, 2007
Website success hinges on how credible the consumers consider the information on the website. Unless consumers believe the website's information is credible, they are not likely to be willing to act on the advice and will not develop loyalty to the website.
D. Harrison McKnight, Charles J. Kacmar
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Credibility, Information Preferences, and Information Interests

Risk Analysis, 1995
The Seveso Directive of the European Union demands that information be provided to the public by companies and authorities about facts, risks, and behaviors related to hazardous facilities, in particular chemical facilities. On behalf of the Commission of the European Communities, a survey was run in five European countries on the credibility of ...
Helmut Jungermann, Hans-Rudiger Pfister, Katrin Fischer   +2 more
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Information Manipulation and Web Credibility

2017
Fake information, news, and reviews are overloaded in the era of big data. We use an agent-based model to simulate social interaction between information producers and consumers. Whether the information producers manipulate true or fake information depends on individual consumers attitude to truth or presentation of information.
Te-Cheng Lu, Tongkui Yu, Shu-Heng Chen
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Bringing Credibility Through Portals

Journal of Database Management, 2022
This study explores how the quality and credibility of information on healthcare websites can be enhanced through the simultaneous delivery of multiple information sources. Such information integration is achieved using a new experimental Web API called Portals.
Yi-Chen Lee, Bo-Chun Shen, Choon Ling Sia   +2 more
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Information Credibility Evaluation on Social Media

Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2016
With the growing online social media, rumors are spread fast and viewed by more and more people on the Internet. Rumors bring significant harm to daily life and public security. It is crucial to evaluate the credibility of information and detect the rumors on social media automatically.
Shu Wu, Qiang Liu 0006, Yong Liu, Liang Wang 0001, Tieniu Tan   +4 more
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Credibility of Sources of Information about Drugs

Psychological Reports, 1975
Several samples of youthful drug users and non-users were asked to rate the credibility of a variety of sources of information about drugs. For both users and non-users these sources can be scaled along dimensions of authority, drug experience, and friendship. The profile of credibility of these sources differed markedly for users and non-users.
E R, Sinnett, A, Press, R A, Bates, W M, Harvey   +3 more
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Information Credibility Analysis of Web Contents

2008 Second International Symposium on Universal Communication, 2008
As computers and computer networks become more sophisticated, a vast amount of information and knowledge has been accumulated and circulated on the Web. They provide people with options regarding their daily lives and are starting to have a strong influence on governmental policies and business management. However, a crucial problem is that information
Sadao Kurohashi, Susumu Akamine, Daisuke Kawahara, Yoshikiyo Kato, Tetsuji Nakagawa, Kentaro Inui, Yutaka Kidawara   +6 more
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Web Information Credibility

2010
World Wide Web is the biggest repository of information and knowledge. Such information gives people a framework for organizing their private and professional lives. Research aimed at evaluating the credibility of Web content has recently become increasingly crucial because the Web has started to influence our daily lives.
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