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Shaping Online Dialogue: Examining How Community Rules Affect Discussion Structures on Reddit
Anna Fang, Wenjie Yang, Haiyi Zhu
Community rules play a key part in enabling or constraining the behaviors of members in online communities. However, little is unknown regarding whether and to what degree changing…
"Help! Can You Hear Me?": Understanding How Help-Seeking Posts are Overwhelmed on Social Media during a Natural Disaster
Changyang He, Yue Deng, Wenjie Yang +1
Posting help-seeking requests on social media has been broadly adopted by victims during natural disasters to look for urgent rescue and supplies. The help-seeking requests need to…
How to Save Lives with Microblogs? Lessons From the Usage of Weibo for Requests for Medical Assistance During COVID-19
Wenjie Yang, Zhiyang Wu, Nga Yiu Mok +1
During recent crises like COVID-19, microblogging platforms have become popular channels for affected people seeking assistance such as medical supplies and rescue operations from…
Know it to Defeat it: Exploring Health Rumor Characteristics and Debunking Efforts on Chinese Social Media during COVID-19 Crisis
Wenjie Yang, Sitong Wang, Zhenhui Peng +3
Health-related rumors spreading online during a public crisis may pose a serious threat to people's well-being. Existing crisis informatics research lacks in-depth insights into th…