BLOGGING: A NEW PLATFORM FOR SPREADING RUMORS!

Main Authors: Zangana, Hewa Majeed, Graha, Yuliana Isma, Al-Shaikhli, Imad Fakhri
Format: Article info application/pdf Journal
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: Universitas Raharja , 2015
Online Access: http://ejournal.raharja.ac.id/index.php/ccit/article/view/400
http://ejournal.raharja.ac.id/index.php/ccit/article/view/400/449
Daftar Isi:
  • Blogs are a popular way to share personal journals, discuss matters of public opinion, pursue collaborative conversations, and aggregate content on similar topics. Blogs can be also used to disseminate new content and novel ideas to communities of interest. In this paper we present about the use of blogging in spreading rumors. Most blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message to each other through widgets on the blogs and it is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites. Topical content such as news and political commentary spreads quickly by the hour and then quickly disappears, while non-topical content such as music and entertainment propagates slowly over a much long period of time