Characterizing multi-domain false news and underlying user effects on Chinese Weibo

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Highlights：

• On Weibo, daily-life-related false news posts generated more posts but diffused less effectively than others.

• Widely-diffused false news is associated with certain types of users, provokes strong emotions in reposts, and evokes interactive replies.

• Our findings indicate that the domain characteristics should be carefully considered in false news detection systems.

摘要

•On Weibo, daily-life-related false news posts generated more posts but diffused less effectively than others.•Widely-diffused false news is associated with certain types of users, provokes strong emotions in reposts, and evokes interactive replies.•Our findings indicate that the domain characteristics should be carefully considered in false news detection systems.

论文关键词：Multi-domain,False news,User effects,Social media,Weibo

论文评审过程：Received 27 August 2021, Revised 20 April 2022, Accepted 23 April 2022, Available online 10 May 2022, Version of Record 10 May 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2022.102959