Why I Retweet? Exploring User’s Perspective on Decision-Making of Information Spreading during Disasters

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Nor Athiyah, Nishioka , Dai, Tanaka, Yuko, Murayama, Yuko
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: QA76.75-76.765 Computer software
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/31974/1/NorAthiyah_MUHA_HICSS.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/31974/; http://hdl.handle.net/10125/41202

The extensive use of social media during disasters raises an important issue concerning use of social media to spread information, including misinformation. This study explores the underlying behavioral context of disaster information sharing by Twitter users. We conducted a web survey with 999...