Trustworthiness matters: Effect of source credibility on sharing debunking information across different rumour types

被引：10

作者：

Chao, Fan ^{[1
]}

Zhou, Qiao ^{[1
]}

Zhao, Jiaai ^{[1
]}

Xu, Yinuo ^{[1
]}

Yu, Guang ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Harbin Inst Technol, Sch Management, Harbin 150001, Peoples R China

来源：

INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT | 2024年 / 61卷 / 04期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Debunking information; Source credibility; Trustworthiness; Expertise; Sharing; SOCIAL MEDIA; HEALTH MISINFORMATION; PERCEIVED CREDIBILITY; POLITICAL TRUST; NEWS; COMMUNICATION; DIFFUSION; TWITTER; MOTIVATIONS; INVOLVEMENT;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ipm.2024.103747

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

The widespread dissemination of debunking information is an important way to mitigate the harm caused by rumours. This study investigated the influence of two key dimensions of source credibility-trustworthiness and expertise-on the sharing of debunking information. The model was tested using a dataset from Sina-Weibo. The dataset consists of 26,423 debunking posts, 326,346 reposts, and 4,761,358 historical posts. Trustworthiness had a significant positive effect on sharing, whereas expertise had a significant negative effect. In addition, both trustworthiness and expertise of the source can indirectly and positively affected sharing by positively influencing source influence. Third, the positive effect of trustworthiness was greater in wedge and wishful rumours than in dread rumours. The negative effect of expertise was attenuated by wishful rumours. These findings extend our understanding of the complex relationship between source credibility and debunking information sharing, and guide practitioners in developing strategies to disseminate debunking information.

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