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Language mutations help conspiracy theories persist on social media

A new study published on arXiv reveals that the way language changes over time significantly impacts the longevity of conspiracy theories on social media. Researchers analyzed three years of posts from X, finding that conspiracy claims with more semantic mutations, particularly in psycholinguistic properties and actor-action-target categories, tend to persist longer. The study identified simplification and assimilation as key mutation patterns and suggests that content moderation strategies should account for the adaptability of these claims. AI

影响 Understanding how language evolves in online discourse can inform AI-powered content moderation systems to better detect and mitigate the spread of misinformation.

排序理由 The cluster contains an academic paper detailing research findings on language mutations and conspiracy theories.

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Language mutations help conspiracy theories persist on social media

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Scott A. Hale ·

    Language Mutations Sustain the Persistences of Conspiracy Theories on Social Media

    This study investigates how language mutations affect the persistent diffusion of conspiracy theories on social media. Drawing on a three-year dataset of conspiracy-related posts from X, and applying computational linguistic analysis alongside survival modelling, we find that con…

  2. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Language Mutations Sustain the Persistences of Conspiracy Theories on Social Media

    This study investigates how language mutations affect the persistent diffusion of conspiracy theories on social media. Drawing on a three-year dataset of conspiracy-related posts from X, and applying computational linguistic analysis alongside survival modelling, we find that con…