{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3157034906","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/oir-08-2020-0374","title":"Why people spread rumors on social media: developing and validating a multi-attribute model of online rumor dissemination","display_name":"Why people spread rumors on social media: developing and validating a multi-attribute model of online rumor dissemination","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-04-28","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3157034906","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/oir-08-2020-0374","mag":"3157034906"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1108/oir-08-2020-0374","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/oir-08-2020-0374","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S931548824","display_name":"Online Information Review","issn_l":"1468-4527","issn":["1468-4527","1468-4535"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Online Information Review","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5079941224","display_name":"Yung\u2010Cheng Shen","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I134161618","display_name":"National Taiwan Normal University","ror":"https://ror.org/059dkdx38","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I134161618"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yung-Cheng Shen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Graduate Institute of Management, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9488-6436","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Graduate Institute of Management, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I134161618"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5053164003","display_name":"Crystal T. Lee","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2451-1353"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I134161618","display_name":"National Taiwan Normal University","ror":"https://ror.org/059dkdx38","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I134161618"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32574673","display_name":"Shantou University","ror":"https://ror.org/01a099706","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32574673"]}],"countries":["CN","TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Crystal T. Lee","raw_affiliation_strings":["Business School, Shantou University, Shantou, China","Graduate Institute of Management, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan","Shantou University"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2451-1353","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Business School, Shantou University, Shantou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32574673"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Graduate Institute of Management, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I134161618"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Shantou University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32574673"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5079301879","display_name":"Ling-Yen Pan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1218-1254"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210150355","display_name":"Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica","ror":"https://ror.org/05n4swm55","country_code":"TW","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210150355","https://openalex.org/I84653119"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ling-Yen Pan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan","Academia Sinica - Research Center for Humanities and Social Science"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1218-1254","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210150355"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Academia Sinica - Research Center for Humanities and Social Science","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210150355"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5058795168","display_name":"Chung-Yuan Lee","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2559-7347"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I134161618","display_name":"National Taiwan Normal University","ror":"https://ror.org/059dkdx38","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I134161618"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32574673","display_name":"Shantou University","ror":"https://ror.org/01a099706","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32574673"]}],"countries":["CN","TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chung-Yuan Lee","raw_affiliation_strings":["Business School, Shantou University, Shantou, China","Graduate Institute of Management, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan","\u201cNational Taiwan Normal University\u201d"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2559-7347","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Business School, Shantou University, Shantou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32574673"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Graduate Institute of Management, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I134161618"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"\u201cNational Taiwan Normal University\u201d","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I134161618"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":10.0991,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":36,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97971338,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":93,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"45","issue":"7","first_page":"1227","last_page":"1246"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11147","display_name":"Misinformation and Its Impacts","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11147","display_name":"Misinformation and Its Impacts","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12592","display_name":"Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence","score":0.9901999831199646,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3109","display_name":"Statistical and Nonlinear Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10557","display_name":"Social Media and Politics","score":0.9891999959945679,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rumor","display_name":"Rumor","score":0.989269495010376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/originality","display_name":"Originality","score":0.6551263928413391},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-media","display_name":"Social media","score":0.6229695081710815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internet-privacy","display_name":"Internet privacy","score":0.594658374786377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perspective","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","score":0.4622359871864319},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mediation","display_name":"Mediation","score":0.46117863059043884},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/value","display_name":"Value (mathematics)","score":0.45840954780578613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/online-community","display_name":"Online community","score":0.44428902864456177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/advertising","display_name":"Advertising","score":0.3747069239616394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.37178125977516174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.34581950306892395},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-psychology","display_name":"Social psychology","score":0.283474862575531},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-relations","display_name":"Public relations","score":0.22580116987228394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.21879097819328308},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.2140982449054718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sociology","display_name":"Sociology","score":0.20819607377052307},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-science","display_name":"Political science","score":0.08302891254425049}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780469804","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878352","display_name":"Rumor","level":2,"score":0.989269495010376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776950860","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2914681","display_name":"Originality","level":3,"score":0.6551263928413391},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C518677369","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202833","display_name":"Social media","level":2,"score":0.6229695081710815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108827166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175975","display_name":"Internet privacy","level":1,"score":0.594658374786377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C12713177","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1900281","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","level":2,"score":0.4622359871864319},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179420905","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223871","display_name":"Mediation","level":2,"score":0.46117863059043884},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776291640","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2912517","display_name":"Value (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.45840954780578613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778165684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6576792","display_name":"Online community","level":2,"score":0.44428902864456177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112698675","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37038","display_name":"Advertising","level":1,"score":0.3747069239616394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.37178125977516174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.34581950306892395},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.283474862575531},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.22580116987228394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.21879097819328308},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.2140982449054718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.20819607377052307},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.08302891254425049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11012388","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170658","display_name":"Creativity","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36289849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34749","display_name":"Social science","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1108/oir-08-2020-0374","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/oir-08-2020-0374","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S931548824","display_name":"Online Information Review","issn_l":"1468-4527","issn":["1468-4527","1468-4535"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Online Information Review","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":86,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W31250479","https://openalex.org/W86654752","https://openalex.org/W149926111","https://openalex.org/W171007782","https://openalex.org/W289326142","https://openalex.org/W1544763516","https://openalex.org/W1603504877","https://openalex.org/W1777771400","https://openalex.org/W1860339647","https://openalex.org/W1902928002","https://openalex.org/W1974171265","https://openalex.org/W1974674099","https://openalex.org/W1980442423","https://openalex.org/W1983680950","https://openalex.org/W1985419904","https://openalex.org/W1985865449","https://openalex.org/W1988987806","https://openalex.org/W2002677052","https://openalex.org/W2005933972","https://openalex.org/W2013052659","https://openalex.org/W2021211361","https://openalex.org/W2022467844","https://openalex.org/W2030448726","https://openalex.org/W2030679079","https://openalex.org/W2032051906","https://openalex.org/W2032897813","https://openalex.org/W2034892959","https://openalex.org/W2039429194","https://openalex.org/W2045844751","https://openalex.org/W2049580391","https://openalex.org/W2053975651","https://openalex.org/W2054648989","https://openalex.org/W2064637628","https://openalex.org/W2068044284","https://openalex.org/W2079600665","https://openalex.org/W2080493390","https://openalex.org/W2081761528","https://openalex.org/W2089903076","https://openalex.org/W2095867983","https://openalex.org/W2105039978","https://openalex.org/W2105846236","https://openalex.org/W2106090893","https://openalex.org/W2106096361","https://openalex.org/W2106763500","https://openalex.org/W2110078189","https://openalex.org/W2110287445","https://openalex.org/W2113525301","https://openalex.org/W2126422664","https://openalex.org/W2129692524","https://openalex.org/W2132089616","https://openalex.org/W2146394806","https://openalex.org/W2152339497","https://openalex.org/W2155465530","https://openalex.org/W2156022826","https://openalex.org/W2156787063","https://openalex.org/W2166033352","https://openalex.org/W2168370630","https://openalex.org/W2169379611","https://openalex.org/W2170641282","https://openalex.org/W2249338290","https://openalex.org/W2284340617","https://openalex.org/W2327695656","https://openalex.org/W2332269665","https://openalex.org/W2395737628","https://openalex.org/W2405756019","https://openalex.org/W2417760852","https://openalex.org/W2497497059","https://openalex.org/W2571194714","https://openalex.org/W2582561810","https://openalex.org/W2595629513","https://openalex.org/W2762337161","https://openalex.org/W2766795866","https://openalex.org/W2782699957","https://openalex.org/W2804758263","https://openalex.org/W2884645872","https://openalex.org/W2887761353","https://openalex.org/W2922828315","https://openalex.org/W2944499514","https://openalex.org/W2997610168","https://openalex.org/W3000460845","https://openalex.org/W3023566448","https://openalex.org/W3026569443","https://openalex.org/W3045984998","https://openalex.org/W3084248450","https://openalex.org/W3121673956","https://openalex.org/W4230637740"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2372853429","https://openalex.org/W2793319716","https://openalex.org/W3110636174","https://openalex.org/W4210503589","https://openalex.org/W2593155302","https://openalex.org/W2041415459","https://openalex.org/W3126095231","https://openalex.org/W2810386322","https://openalex.org/W1975594555"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Purpose":[0],"Dealing":[1],"with":[2],"online":[3,19,41,63,72,84,104,111,134,140,168],"rumors":[4,20,64,73,105],"or":[5],"fake":[6],"information":[7,116],"on":[8,18,45,143],"social":[9,144,153],"media":[10,145],"is":[11],"growing":[12],"in":[13],"importance.":[14],"Most":[15],"academic":[16],"research":[17],"has":[21,32],"approached":[22],"the":[23,36,46,51,60,68,77,96,100,107],"issue":[24,93],"from":[25,50],"a":[26],"quantitative":[27],"modeling":[28],"perspective.":[29],"Less":[30],"attention":[31],"been":[33],"paid":[34],"to":[35,58,82,91],"psychological":[37,80,108,126],"mechanisms":[38],"accounting":[39],"for":[40],"rumor":[42,85,112,141],"transmission":[43],"behavior":[44,161],"individual":[47],"level.":[48],"Drawing":[49],"theory":[52],"of":[53,62,71,79,103],"stimulus\u2013organism\u2013response,":[54],"this":[55,92],"study":[56],"aims":[57],"explore":[59],"nature":[61],"and":[65,106,121,124,131,166],"investigate":[66],"how":[67,99],"informational":[69,101],"characteristics":[70,102,117],"are":[74],"processed":[75],"through":[76],"mediation":[78],"variables":[81],"promote":[83,110,133],"forwarding.":[86],"Design/methodology/approach":[87],"An":[88],"experimental":[89],"approach":[90],"was":[94],"taken;":[95],"researchers":[97],"investigated":[98],"mediators":[109],"transmission.":[113],"Findings":[114],"Four":[115],"(sense-making,":[118],"funniness,":[119],"dreadfulness":[120],"personal":[122],"relevance)":[123],"three":[125],"motivators":[127],"(fact-finding,":[128],"relationship":[129],"enhancement":[130],"self-enhancement)":[132],"rumor-forwarding":[135,160],"behavior.":[136],"Originality/value":[137],"Because":[138],"any":[139],"transmitted":[142],"can":[146,162],"go":[147],"viral,":[148],"companies":[149],"may":[150],"eventually":[151],"encounter":[152],"media-driven":[154],"crises.":[155],"Thus,":[156],"understanding":[157],"what":[158],"drives":[159],"help":[163],"marketers":[164],"mitigate":[165],"counter":[167],"rumors.":[169]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-05-21T06:26:12.895304","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}