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August 7, 2026PLoS ONEOpen Access

Exploring the contagion routes of digital emotion on health topics: A multidimensional configuration analysis pre-post rumor refutation

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支支华炜Tiangong UniversityYQYan QiaoTiangong University

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Implication

Randomized trial examines how rumor refutation affects digital emotions in health topics, suggesting mixed efficacy.

Key Points

  • This research aims to analyze how rumor refutation impacts digital emotions related to health topics on social media.
  • Utilized Weibo platform for user interaction data and key nodes of authoritative rumor refutation.
  • Employed sentiment analysis and social network analysis to evaluate digital emotion contagion.
  • Conducted multidimensional configuration analysis to compare emotional responses pre- and post-refutation.
  • Prior to refutation, positive digital emotions are triggered by topic type among rational netizens.
  • Opinion leaders can evoke positive emotions in conformist netizens; however, they also contribute to the propagation of negative emotions when network density is high.
  • Effectiveness of official rumor refutation is influenced by topic type, emotional tone, opinion leaders, and network density.

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支华炜 et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a758bae847ab6d26c01f158https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0352675
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