Social Media Rumors in Bangladesh

Q3 Social Sciences

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI:10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.3.6

Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Musfika Sultana, Kazi Taznahel, Sultana Ahona, Sifat Al Sife, M. Akbar, Nandita Sarkar

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Abstract

This study analyzes N=181 social media rumors from Bangladesh to find out the most popular themes, sources, and aims The result shows that social media rumors have seven popular themes: political, health & education, crime & human rights, religious, religiopolitical, entertainment, and other Also, online media and mainstream media are the two main sources of social media rumors, along with three tentative aims: positive, negative, and unknown A few major findings of this research are: Political rumors dominate social media, but its percentage is decreasing, while religion-related rumors are increasing;most of the social media rumors are negative and emerge from online media, and social media itself is the dominant online source of social media rumors;and, most of the health-related rumors are negative and surge during a crisis period, such as the COVID-19 pandemic This paper identifies some of its limitations with the data collection period, data source, and data analysis Providing a few research directions, this study also elucidates the contributions of its results in academia and policymaking © 2020 All Rights Reserved

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孟加拉国的社交媒体谣言

本研究分析了来自孟加拉国的N=181个社交媒体谣言，找出最受欢迎的主题，来源和目的。结果表明，社交媒体谣言有七个流行的主题:政治，健康与教育，犯罪与人权，宗教，宗教政治，娱乐和其他。此外，网络媒体和主流媒体是社交媒体谣言的两个主要来源，以及三个初步目的:积极，消极和未知。本研究的一些主要发现是:社交媒体上的政治谣言占主导地位，但其比例在下降，而与宗教有关的谣言在增加;社交媒体谣言大多是负面的，并且来自网络媒体，社交媒体本身是社交媒体谣言的主要在线来源;与健康相关的谣言大多是负面的，并且在危机时期激增，例如COVID-19大流行。本研究提供了几个研究方向，并阐明了研究结果在学术和政策制定方面的贡献©2020版权所有

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Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Social Sciences-Library and Information Sciences

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1.10

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审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice (JISTaP) is an international journal that aims at publishing original studies, review papers and brief communications on information science theory and practice. The journal provides an international forum for practical as well as theoretical research in the interdisciplinary areas of information science, such as information processing and management, knowledge organization, scholarly communication and bibliometrics. To foster scholarly communication among researchers and practitioners of library and information science around the globe, JISTaP offers a no-fee open access publishing venue where a team of dedicated editors, reviewers and staff members volunteer their services to ensure rapid dissemination and communication of scholarly works that make significant contributions. In a modern society, where information production and consumption grow at an astronomical rate, the science of information management, organization, and analysis is invaluable in effective utilization of information. The key objective of the journal is to foster research that can contribute to advancements and innovations in the theory and practice of information and library science so as to promote timely application of the findings from scientific investigations to everyday life. Recognizing the importance of the global perspective with understanding of region-specific issues, JISTaP encourages submissions of manuscripts that discuss global implications of regional findings as well as regional implications of global findings.