خلاصة:
Rumor, as one of the oldest media in the world, has always been a subject of attention for communication experts, citizens, and power holders. In this article, an attempt is made to briefly address the emergence and origin of rumors and the reasons for their dissemination; however, the main focus of this writing is on how political rumors grow in cyberspace, who their audiences are, what the speed of their dissemination is in this space, and whether social networks can help the growth of society in cyberspace or not?
ملخص الجهاز:
In this article, an attempt has been made to briefly address the emergence and origin of rumors and the reasons for their dissemination; however, the main focus of this writing is on how political rumors grow in cyberspace, who their audiences are, what the speed of their dissemination in this space is like, and whether social networks can contribute to the growth of society in cyberspace or not?
126) In today's world, the diversity of information flow in the shadow of modern communication technologies has caused a large number of people to use new media and the internet.
"Jeff Grabmeier"* in a study he conducted has stated that despite the concerns of some political activists regarding the spread of rumors on the internet, new research conducted in this field shows that the use of internet blogs does not lead to an increase in the belief in political rumors.
This is because, typically, users receive emails from people who are their friends and acquaintances, meaning individuals they trust.
The result of this study showed that people accepted some of these rumors they had observed via the internet when they received them from various sources in cyberspace, which acted as a seal of approval for the published rumor.
For example, they reached in the results of this study that in influencing the votes of presidential election voters, the websites of famous journalists were not as influential in spreading rumors as political blogs and emails from friends and close ones.
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