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基于网络的QAnon方法在COVID-19信息流行期间的用户动态和主题多样性

A network-based approach to QAnon user dynamics and topic diversity during the COVID-19 infodemic

Wentao Xu, Kazutoshi Sasahara

摘要:

QAnon是一个涵盖广泛人群的伞状阴谋论。COVID-19大流行帮助将QAnon阴谋论提升为广泛传播的运动,特别是在美国。在这里,我们研究了Twitter上与QAnon运动相关的用户动态(即,支持/反对QAnon和不那么倾向的用户),在COVID-19信息流行病的背景下,使用简单的基于网络的方法来讨论所涉及的主题。我们发现,支持和反对倾斜的用户显示出不同的人口动态,后期不那么倾斜的用户大多是反QAnon的。这些趋势可能受到Twitter暂停策略的影响。我们还发现QAnon集群中包含许多bot用户。此外,我们的研究结果表明,QAnon在信息流行中继续发展,并没有局限于其最初的想法,而是扩大了其范围,创造了一个更大的伞形阴谋论。本研究中基于网络的方法对于预测QAnon运动的演变非常重要。

英文摘要:

QAnon is an umbrella conspiracy theory that encompasses a wide spectrum of people. The COVID-19 pandemic has helped raise the QAnon conspiracy theory to a wide-spreading movement, especially in the US. Here, we study users' dynamics on Twitter related to the QAnon movement (i.e., pro-/anti-QAnon and less-leaning users) in the context of the COVID-19 infodemic and the topics involved using a simple network-based approach. We found that pro- and anti-leaning users show different population dynamics and that late less-leaning users were mostly anti-QAnon. These trends might have been affected by Twitter's suspension strategies. We also found that QAnon clusters include many bot users. Furthermore, our results suggest that QAnon continues to evolve amid the infodemic and does not limit itself to its original idea but instead extends its reach to create a much larger umbrella conspiracy theory. The network-based approach in this study is important for nowcasting the evolution of the QAnon movement.

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