Exploring extreme events on social media: A comparison of user reposting/retweeting behaviors on Twitter and Weibo

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Highlights：

• A cross-cultural comparison of Twitter retweets and Weibo reposts for a crisis event was conducted.

• Differences emerged in type and rate of retweet/repost.

• Differences in informative and emotional content were found.

• Application of the results are discussed.

摘要

•A cross-cultural comparison of Twitter retweets and Weibo reposts for a crisis event was conducted.•Differences emerged in type and rate of retweet/repost.•Differences in informative and emotional content were found.•Application of the results are discussed.

论文关键词：Crisis communication,Risk communication,Social media,Twitter,Weibo

论文评审过程：Received 15 February 2016, Accepted 19 April 2016, Available online 7 May 2016, Version of Record 13 October 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.04.032