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WANG Ruozhou
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5542/2022.04.008
East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
As new media communication becomes popular and the technological threshold of personal expression has been lowered, the phenomenon of online rumors has also emerged with new communication characteristics as individuals are continuously empowered to communicate. This paper quantifies a rumor spreading event from 2020 to 2021 that generated a lot of discussion. Using a content analysis approach, we examined how different subjects in the online public opinion chaos have influenced the spreading process of the event, and used the study of online rumor spreading mechanism to gain insight into the public opinion governance in the new media era. The study found that media platforms, the parties involved, and the general public as important participants have fully utilized the voice channel of the online communication platform to play a role behind the rumor event.
new media, technology empowerment, online rumors, rumor-spreading mechanism
Psychology Research, April 2022, Vol. 12, No. 4, 208-217
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