?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2683%2F&rft.title=Trend+of+Narratives+in+the+Age+of+Misinformation&rft.creator=Bessi%2C+Alessandro&rft.creator=Zollo%2C+Fabiana&rft.creator=Del+Vicario%2C+Michela&rft.creator=Scala%2C+Antonio&rft.creator=Caldarelli%2C+Guido&rft.creator=Quattrociocchi%2C+Walter&rft.subject=HM+Sociology&rft.subject=QA75+Electronic+computers.+Computer+science&rft.subject=QC+Physics&rft.description=Social+media+enabled+a+direct+path+from+producer+to+consumer+of+contents+changing+the+way+users+get+informed%2C+debate%2C+and+shape+their+worldviews.+Such+a+%7B%5Cem+disintermediation%7D+weakened+consensus+on+social+relevant+issues+in+favor+of+rumors%2C+mistrust%2C+and+fomented+conspiracy+thinking+--+e.g.%2C+chem-trails+inducing+global+warming%2C+the+link+between+vaccines+and+autism%2C+or+the+New+World+Order+conspiracy.%0D%0AIn+this+work%2C+we+study+through+a+thorough+quantitative+analysis+how+different+conspiracy+topics+are+consumed+in+the+Italian+Facebook.+By+means+of+a+semi-automatic+topic+extraction+strategy%2C+we+show+that+the+most+discussed+contents+semantically+refer+to+four+specific+categories%3A+%7B%5Cem+environment%7D%2C+%7B%5Cem+diet%7D%2C+%7B%5Cem+health%7D%2C+and+%7B%5Cem+geopolitics%7D.+We+find+similar+patterns+by+comparing+users+activity+(likes+and+comments)+on+posts+belonging+to+different+semantic+categories.+However%2C+if+we+focus+on+the+lifetime+--+i.e.%2C+the+distance+in+time+between+the+first+and+the+last+comment+for+each+user+--+we+notice+a+remarkable+difference+within+narratives+--+e.g.%2C+users+polarized+on+geopolitics+are+more+persistent+in+commenting%2C+whereas+the+less+persistent+are+those+focused+on+diet+related+topics.+Finally%2C+we+model+users+mobility+across+various+topics+finding+that+the+more+a+user+is+active%2C+the+more+he+is+likely+to+join+all+topics.+Once+inside+a+conspiracy+narrative+users+tend+to+embrace+the+overall+corpus.+&rft.publisher=ArXiv&rft.date=2015-04&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++Bessi%2C+Alessandro+and+Zollo%2C+Fabiana+and+Del+Vicario%2C+Michela+and+Scala%2C+Antonio+and+Caldarelli%2C+Guido+and+Quattrociocchi%2C+Walter++Trend+of+Narratives+in+the+Age+of+Misinformation.++Working+Paper+++ArXiv+++++++(Submitted)+++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fabs%2F1504.05163