Abstract
Social media users drive the spread of misinformation online by sharing posts that include erroneous information or commenting on controversial topics with unsubstantiated arguments often in earnest. Work on echo chambers has suggested that users' perspectives are reinforced through repeated interactions with like-minded peers, promoted by homophily and bias in information diffusion. Building on long-standing interest in the social bases of language and linguistic underpinnings of social behavior, this work explores how conversations around misinformation are mediated through language use. We compare a number of linguistic measures, e.g., in-/out-group cues, readability, and discourse connectives, within and across topics of conversation and user communities. Our findings reveal increased presence of group identity signals and processing fluency within echo chambers during discussions of misinformation. We discuss the specific character of these broader trends across topics and examine contextual influences.
Abstract (translated)
社交媒体用户通过分享包括错误信息或对有争议话题真诚评论的帖子,推动了网上虚假信息的传播。在回音室研究中,用户的角度通过与志同道合的伙伴反复互动得到强化,这是由同质性和偏见在信息传播中推动的。本研究在探讨语言使用如何通过语言的社会基础和社会行为的语用学角度来介导围绕虚假信息的对话。我们在对话和用户社区的主题之间比较了多种语言度量,例如,群体内/外的提示、可读性和连词。我们的研究结果表明,在讨论虚假信息时,回音室内的群体身份信号和处理流畅性都有所增加。我们讨论了这些更广泛的趋势在各个主题上的具体特征,并探讨了语境影响。
URL
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15925
