?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2210%2F&rft.title=Collective+attention+in+the+age+of+(mis)information&rft.creator=Mocanu%2C+Delia&rft.creator=Zhang%2C+Qian&rft.creator=Karsai%2C+M%C3%A0rton&rft.creator=Quattrociocchi%2C+Walter&rft.subject=H+Social+Sciences+(General)&rft.subject=QA75+Electronic+computers.+Computer+science&rft.description=In+this+work+we+study%2C+on+a+sample+of+2.3+million+individuals%2C+how+Facebook+users+consumed+different+information+at+the+edge+of+political+discussion+and+news+during+the+last+Italian+electoral+competition.+Pages+are+categorized%2C+according+to+their+topics+and+the+communities+of+interests+they+pertain+to%2C+in+a)+alternative+information+sources+(diffusing+topics+that+are+neglected+by+science+and+main+stream+media)%3B+b)+online+political+activism%3B+and+c)+main+stream+media.+We+show+that+attention+patterns+are+similar+despite+the+different+qualitative+nature+of+the+information%2C+meaning+that+unsubstantiated+claims+(mainly+conspiracy+theories)+reverberate+for+as+long+as+other+information.+Finally%2C+we+categorize+users+according+to+their+interaction+patterns+among+the+different+topics+and+measure+how+a+sample+of+this+social+ecosystem+(1279+users)+responded+to+the+injection+of+2788+false+information+posts.+Our+analysis+reveals+that+users+which+are+prominently+interacting+with+alternative+information+sources+(i.e.+more+exposed+to+unsubstantiated+claims)+are+more+prone+to+interact+with+false+claims.+&rft.date=2014-03&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++Mocanu%2C+Delia+and+Zhang%2C+Qian+and+Karsai%2C+M%C3%A0rton+and+Quattrociocchi%2C+Walter++Collective+attention+in+the+age+of+(mis)information.++Working+Paper++%23+%2F2014++++++++(Submitted)+++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fabs%2F1403.3344