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Evolution of the plandemic communication network among serial participants on Twitter.
- Source :
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New Media & Society . Dec2023, Vol. 25 Issue 12, p3676-3695. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The coronavirus pandemic has been accompanied by the spread of misinformation on social media. The Plandemic conspiracy theory holds that the pandemic outbreak was planned to create a new social order. This study examines the evolution of this popular conspiracy theory from a dynamic network perspective. Guided by the analytical framework of network evolution, the current study explores drivers of tie changes in the Plandemic communication network among serial participants over a 4-month period. Results show that tie changes are explained by degree-based and closure-based structural features (i.e. tendencies toward transitive closure and shared popularity and tendencies against in-degree activity and transitive reciprocated triplet) and nodal attributes (i.e. bot probability and political preference). However, a participant's level of anger expression does not predict the evolution of the observed network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14614448
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New Media & Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173048327
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211050928