Contemporary commentators describe the current period as “an era of fake news” in which
misinformation, generated intentionally or unintentionally, spreads rapidly. Although …

Today the Internet plays a role in the lives of nearly 40% of the world's population, and it is
becoming increasingly entwined in daily life. This growing presence is transforming …

A scientist integrates evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to
explore the development and workings of human societies.“There is no good reason why …

This study determines the major difference between rumors and non-rumors and explores
rumor classification performance levels over varying time windows—from the first three days …

The dissemination of misinformation in health emergencies poses serious threats to public
health and increases health anxiety. To understand the underlying mechanism of the …

Recent extreme events show that Twitter, a micro-blogging service, is emerging as the
dominant social reporting tool to spread information on social crises. It is elevating the online …

The problem of gauging information credibility on social networks has received considerable
attention in recent years. Most previous work has chosen Twitter, the world's largest micro …

The concept of social vulnerability has been increasingly applied in disaster literature, but its
communicative drivers have remained understudied. In this article, we put forward a …

How did Iraq become one of the most repressive dictatorships of the late twentieth century?
The conventional wisdom about Iraq's modern political history is that the country was …

In recent years, people pay more and more attention to travel safety and travel risks. Tourism
risk perception is a quantitative assessment of tourism security. Destination risk perception …