Detecting Rumor Veracity with Only Textual Information by Double-Channel Structure

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.03195v1
• Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 00:08:44 GMT
• Title: Detecting Rumor Veracity with Only Textual Information by Double-Channel Structure
• Authors: Alex Kim and Sangwon Yoon
• Abstract summary: We propose a double-channel structure to determine the ex-ante veracity of rumors on social media. We first assign each text into either certain (informed rumor) or uncertain (uninformed rumor) category. Then, we apply lie detection algorithm to informed rumors and thread-reply agreement detection algorithm to uninformed rumors.
• Score: 7.931904787652709
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Kyle (1985) proposes two types of rumors: informed rumors which are based on some private information and uninformed rumors which are not based on any information (i.e. bluffing). Also, prior studies find that when people have credible source of information, they are likely to use a more confident textual tone in their spreading of rumors. Motivated by these theoretical findings, we propose a double-channel structure to determine the ex-ante veracity of rumors on social media. Our ultimate goal is to classify each rumor into true, false, or unverifiable category. We first assign each text into either certain (informed rumor) or uncertain (uninformed rumor) category. Then, we apply lie detection algorithm to informed rumors and thread-reply agreement detection algorithm to uninformed rumors. Using the dataset of SemEval 2019 Task 7, which requires ex-ante threefold classification (true, false, or unverifiable) of social media rumors, our model yields a macro-F1 score of 0.4027, outperforming all the baseline models and the second-place winner (Gorrell et al., 2019). Furthermore, we empirically validate that the double-channel structure outperforms single-channel structures which use either lie detection or agreement detection algorithm to all posts.

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