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Misinformation in Social Networks: Analyzing Twitter During Crisis Events

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Gupta, A., Kumaraguru, P. (2018). Misinformation in Social Networks: Analyzing Twitter During Crisis Events. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7131-2_296

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