Using a Heuristic-Systematic Model to assess the Twitter user profile’s impact on disaster tweet credibility

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Highlights：

• The profile information of Twitter users can be used as informational cues that reflect tweets' source credibility.

• The number of followers as a reputation credibility cue increases the probability of quick retweeting.

• The affiliation length of a Twitter account as a cue for social presence increases the probability of quick retweeting.

• The number of recent tweets as a recency credibility cue increases the probability of quick retweeting.

摘要

•The profile information of Twitter users can be used as informational cues that reflect tweets' source credibility.•The number of followers as a reputation credibility cue increases the probability of quick retweeting.•The affiliation length of a Twitter account as a cue for social presence increases the probability of quick retweeting.•The number of recent tweets as a recency credibility cue increases the probability of quick retweeting.

论文关键词：Twitter,Disaster communication,Heuristic-Systematic Model (HSM) of information processing,Twitter user profile,Source credibility

论文评审过程：Received 18 September 2019, Revised 25 May 2020, Accepted 12 June 2020, Available online 1 July 2020, Version of Record 1 July 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102176