To investigate how one can deduce the truthfulness of information, and how exactly the spread of this information is affected by its truthfulness.

Johns Hopkins University

Ackland, R., & Gwynn, K. (2020). Truth and the dynamics of news diffusion on twitter. In R. Greifeneder, M. Jaffé, E. J. Newman, & N. Schwarz (Eds.), The psychology of fake news: Accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation (pp. 27–46). London: Routledge. 

Truth and the dynamics of news diffusion on twitter

Main Idea

- reach (how many people are involved in the diffusion)
- speed
- breadth (how far does the news travel through the network, and what is the diversity of the actors involved in diffusion)


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