Security and Communication Networks

Research Article

Spread of Misinformation in Social Networks: Analysis Based on Weibo Tweets

Table 1

Descriptive analysis of the dataset.
Descriptive analysisTrue informationMisinformation
Tweets (i.e., original posts by Sina Weibo users)23512313
Retweets (i.e., reposted messaged by Sina Weibo users)17172642093056
Maximum forwarding relationship5215859319
Minimum forwarding relationship1211
Average forwarding relationship730905