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The Rumor Categorizer: An open-source software for analyzing rumor posts on Twitter

  • Amirhosein Bodaghi
  • , Jonice Oliveira
  • , Jonathan J. H. Zhu

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
JournalSoftware Impacts
Volume12
Early online date28 Jan 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - 31 May 2022

Funding

The study was partially funded by City University of Hong Kong Centre for Communication Research (No. 9360120) and Hong Kong Institute of Data Science (No. 9360163).

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Rumor stance
  • Social network
  • Spreading process
  • User characteristics
  • Twitter

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