The spread of misinformation in social media has become a severe threat to public interests.
For example, several incidents of public health concerns arose out of social media …

Social media are, on the one hand, a highly beneficial environment for word-of-mouth
(WOM) propagation of new ideas and products, and this has increasingly made them a focus …

The method of serial reproduction has revealed that the social transmission of information is
characterized by the gradual transformation of the original message. This transformation …

This study examined factors including health-related anxiety, preexisting misinformation
beliefs, and repeated exposure contributing to individuals' acceptance of health …

This study explores the roles of perceived message importance, health anxiety, and health
literacy in the relationship between message factors (message label and message valence) …

Rumors run rife in areas affected by political instability and conflict. Their adoption plays a
key role in igniting many forms of violence, including riots, ethnic conflict, genocide, and war …

During humanitarian crises, people face dangers and need a large amount of information in
a short period of time. Such need creates the base for misinformation such as rumors, fake …

Background During a public health emergency, social media is a major conduit or vector for
spreading health misinformation. Understanding the characteristics of health misinformation …

Although studies have investigated cyber-rumoring previous to the pandemic, little research
has been undertaken to study rumors and rumor-corrections during the COVID-19 …

The functions of cultural beliefs are often opaque to those who hold them. Accordingly, to
benefit from cultural evolution's ability to solve complex adaptive problems, learners must be …