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| Author | Robert Thomson; Naoya Ito; Hinako Suda; Fangyu Lin; Yafei Liu.; Ryo Hayasaka; Ryuzo Isochi; Zhou Wang | ||||
| Title | Trusting tweets: The Fukushima disaster and information source credibility on Twitter | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2012 | Publication | ISCRAM 2012 Conference Proceedings – 9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2012 |
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| Keywords | Cell culture; Information systems; Nuclear power plants; Social networking (online); Anonymity; Credibility; Crisis communications; Deindividuation; Fukushima; Social media; Trust; Twitter; Disasters | ||||
| Abstract | This paper focuses on the micro-blogging service Twitter, looking at source credibility for information shared in relation to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in Japan. We look at the sources, credibility, and between-language differences in information shared in the month following the disaster. Messages were categorized by user, location, language, type, and credibility of information source. Tweets with reference to third-party information made up the bulk of messages sent, and it was also found that a majority of those sources were highly credible, including established institutions, traditional media outlets, and highly credible individuals. In general, profile anonymity proved to be correlated with a higher propensity to share information from low credibility sources. However, Japanese-language tweeters, while more likely to have anonymous profiles, referenced low-credibility sources less often than non-Japanese tweeters, suggesting proximity to the disaster mediating the degree of credibility of shared content. © 2012 ISCRAM. | ||||
| Address | Graduate School of International Media, Communication and Tourism Studies, Japan; Research Faculty of Media Communication, Hokkaido University, Japan | ||||
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| Publisher | Simon Fraser University | Place of Publication | Vancouver, BC | Editor | L. Rothkrantz, J. Ristvej, Z.Franco |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 9780864913326 | Medium | |
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Social Media and Collaborative Systems | Expedition | Conference | 9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
| Notes | Approved | no | |||
| Call Number | Serial | 216 | |||
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