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Infodemic Source Detection with Information Flow: Foundations and Scalable Computation. [PDF]

Entropy (Basel)
Wang Z, Zhao C, Zhou Q, Tan CW, Chan C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Whispers of Pathogens; Social Contagion in Infectious Disease Dynamics: A Review

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Infectious disease dynamics are deeply intertwined with social structures, behaviors, and information systems. This narrative review examines how social factors conceptualized through the integrated lens of “social contagion” within a syndemic framework shape infectious disease patterns from January 2000 to January 2024 ...
Sayed Mortaza Fayez
wiley   +1 more source

Don't You Know That You're Toxic? How Influencer‐Driven Misinformation Fuels Online Toxicity

Psychology &Marketing, Volume 43, Issue 5, Page 1160-1181, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Research on misinformation has focused on message content and cognitive bias, overlooking how source type shapes toxic engagement. This study addresses that gap by showing that influencer‐driven misinformation does not merely increase toxicity: it reconfigures its nature and persistence through relational and social influence mechanisms ...
Giandomenico Di Domenico, Federico Mangió, Denitsa Dineva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An effective hybrid method for the optimal control of fraud rumor propagation on online social networks. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Khanduzi R, Jajarmi A, Ebrahimzadeh A.
europepmc   +1 more source

From Rainfall to Rumors: Interpreting the 2024 Bangladesh Floods Through Numbers, Narratives, and Information Gaps

Water Resources Research, Volume 62, Issue 5, May 2026.
Abstract When severe floods struck southeastern Bangladesh in August 2024, competing explanations emerged. Meteorological analysis revealed that extreme precipitation was exacerbated by the Madden‐Julian Oscillation and jet stream dynamics. However, alternative narratives proliferated on social media, particularly claims that India deliberately ...
P. Das, A. R. Ganguly, N. Rabb, K. Smith, S. Islam   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rumor management in public health: a system dynamics analysis based on social trust. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Dong W, Wang Y, Li F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Artificial intelligence chatbots mimic human collective behaviour

British Journal of Psychology, Volume 117, Issue 2, Page 761-776, May 2026.
Abstract Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots, such as ChatGPT, have been shown to mimic individual human behaviour in a wide range of psychological and economic tasks. Do groups of AI chatbots also mimic collective behaviour? If so, artificial societies of AI chatbots may aid social scientific research by simulating human collectives.
James K. He, Felix P. S. Wallis, Andrés Gvirtz, Steve Rathje   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research on rumor and anti rumor propagation models based on quantum superposition states. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zheng W, Sun Y, Zhang X, Wang K, Liu F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Online Risk Behaviours Among Adolescents: Identifying Areas of Digital Vulnerability

Children &Society, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 474-488, May 2026.
ABSTRACT As a period during which they undergo important physical, emotional and social changes, adolescence is of great importance for minors. In addition, adolescence is an initial stage in terms of children's use of their own mobile devices and their first access to the internet and social networks, an activity that becomes a generalised habit in ...
Sonia Carcelén‐García, Oliver Carrero Márquez, Myriam Durán Vilches   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic Analysis of the Multi-Lingual S2IR Rumor Propagation Model Under Stochastic Disturbances. [PDF]

Entropy (Basel)
Wang J, Liao J, Lu JG, Li J, Liu M.
europepmc   +1 more source