Through online social networks provide us a platform to share opinions publicly, this mechanism will also lead to the generation of rumors especially in case of emergency. So it is urgent for researchers to figure out the information diffusion dynamics through this new kind of media to prevent rumors.
Information diffusion mechanisms have been widely studied since the advent of complex network theory and infectious disease model. Most models and simulations are based on classical network structures. In information diffusion mechanism by using an online social network dataset from Facebook as an example.
Investigating information diffusion mechanism of online social networks will facilitate governments to guide the direction of public opinion and make proper immunization strategies for rumors in case of emergency.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/5563505.
Diffusion is when objects move from high concentration to low concentration. We all can see how the diffusion works, there are an example in real life for difussion. For example food coloring difuse inside the water rapidly, smells of coffee has diffuse through out to the coffee shop like in Starbucks, and watering plants inside has diffusion through soil of the plants.
Fauzi Ahmad
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