Social networks: who counts most?

Dialogues économiques
OCTOBER 26, 2025
March 2019, Paris region. Two men are violently dragged out of a van and beaten. The cause: a rumour spread on social media, claiming that “white vans” were kidnapping children. Analysis of social media can help us to understand how such rumours spread: distinguishing between the target and the source within the network can contribute to a better understanding of how such information can be disseminated, according to the results of a recent theoretical study.
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Yann Bramoullé
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