论文标题
#ArsonEmerencency和澳大利亚的“黑夏”：社交媒体上的两极分化和错误信息
#ArsonEmergency and Australia's "Black Summer": Polarisation and misinformation on social media
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论文摘要
在2019 - 20年夏季，澳大利亚在全国遭受了前所未有的丛林大火时，关于纵火和有限的发言的虚假叙述在Twitter上很快传播，尤其是使用#ArsonEmergency标签。社交媒体研究人员发现并报告了错误的信息以及机器人和类似巨魔的行为，这一消息很快到达了主流媒体。本文探讨了在误解新闻之前和之后两个两极分化的在线社区的沟通和行为成为公众知识。具体而言，支持者社区使用各种新闻来源推动纵火叙事，积极与他人积极互动，以散布主题标签，而对手社区的参与度较低，转发了更多，并将其专注于使用URL来链接到主流来源，揭露叙述并揭露叙述并揭示了反对行为。这影响了更广泛讨论的内容。机器人分析表明，活跃的说明主要是人类的，但是行为和内容分析表明，尽管两个社区都使用了侵略性语言，但行为和内容分析表明支持者从事拖钓。
During the summer of 2019-20, while Australia suffered unprecedented bushfires across the country, false narratives regarding arson and limited backburning spread quickly on Twitter, particularly using the hashtag #ArsonEmergency. Misinformation and bot- and troll-like behaviour were detected and reported by social media researchers and the news soon reached mainstream media. This paper examines the communication and behaviour of two polarised online communities before and after news of the misinformation became public knowledge. Specifically, the Supporter community actively engaged with others to spread the hashtag, using a variety of news sources pushing the arson narrative, while the Opposer community engaged less, retweeted more, and focused its use of URLs to link to mainstream sources, debunking the narratives and exposing the anomalous behaviour. This influenced the content of the broader discussion. Bot analysis revealed the active accounts were predominantly human, but behavioural and content analysis suggests Supporters engaged in trolling, though both communities used aggressive language.
