During crisis events, people often seek out event-related information to stay informed of what is happening. However, when information from official channels is lacking or disseminated irregularly, people may be at risk for exposure to rumors that fill the information void. We studied information-seeking during a university lockdown following an active-shooter event. In study 1, students in the...

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the number and types rumors recorded by "Haggak" platform, which was established Jordanian government address published on Internet. aimed reveal motives behind publication these identify targeted parties.
 Methods: survey method adopted for study, utilizing content analysis form as a tool collecting rumors, analyzing their content...

this paper investigates the effect of formal information and rumors on the real buyers’ choice in tehran stock exchange. following this study, the question is what kind of information has an effect on buyers’ choice of shares? the purpose of this study is to identify information affecting buyers selected stocks, in order to offer some solutions to enhance stock exchange performance. in this stu...

How does a rumor come to be believed as a fact as it spreads across a chain of consumers? This research proposes that because consumers’ certainty about their beliefs (e.g., attitudes, opinions) is less salient than the beliefs themselves, certainty information is more susceptible to being lost in communication. Consistent with this idea, the current studies reveal that though consumers transmi...

This paper reports the findings of a 606-participant study analyzing perception of, and engagement with, COVID-19 vaccine rumors on efficacy mass immunization effort Twitter. Misperceptions were successfully induced through simple content alterations addition popular anti-COVID-19 hashtags such as #COVIDIOT #covidhoax to otherwise valid Twitter content. Twitter's soft moderation warning label h...

One of the great promises of real-time shading is the potential to have a single shading program that can run across a wide range of graphics hardware. While we don’t yet have a single cross-platform shading language to satisfy everyone, there is ample evidence that it is possible. In this chapter, we discuss what is necessary to create a cross-platform shading language, how shading languages a...