TY - JOUR
T1 - The Rumor Categorizer: An open-source software for analyzing rumor posts on Twitter
AU - Bodaghi, Amirhosein
AU - Oliveira, Jonice
AU - Zhu, Jonathan J. H.
PY - 2022/5/31
Y1 - 2022/5/31
N2 - The Rumor Categorizer Software (RCS), an open-source software, categorizes Twitter posts based on their stance towards a given rumor into six categories; rumor tweet, anti-rumor tweet, rumor retweet, anti-rumor retweet, rumor-related tweet, and rumor-related retweet. Then for the publishers of those tweets/retweets, analyze the user dynamics. Furthermore, the software calculates the number of users belonging to any combination of the sextuple categories and plots the number of tweets/retweets in each hour for rumor and anti-rumor. The software aids researchers and practitioners in analyzing rumors effectively.
AB - The Rumor Categorizer Software (RCS), an open-source software, categorizes Twitter posts based on their stance towards a given rumor into six categories; rumor tweet, anti-rumor tweet, rumor retweet, anti-rumor retweet, rumor-related tweet, and rumor-related retweet. Then for the publishers of those tweets/retweets, analyze the user dynamics. Furthermore, the software calculates the number of users belonging to any combination of the sextuple categories and plots the number of tweets/retweets in each hour for rumor and anti-rumor. The software aids researchers and practitioners in analyzing rumors effectively.
KW - Rumor stance
KW - Social network
KW - Spreading process
KW - User characteristics
KW - Twitter
UR - https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/publications/the-rumor-categorizer(723e1e21-e7f6-4756-89ea-80011a2382fc).html
U2 - 10.1016/j.simpa.2022.100232
DO - 10.1016/j.simpa.2022.100232
M3 - Article
VL - 12
JO - Software Impacts
JF - Software Impacts
ER -
