An analysis of rumor spreading fundamentals with a case study on Facebook

Abstract

Nowadays, the effect of social networks on people's lives is quite high. This situation gives rise to the density of information exist over social networks. That is why, analyzing the spreading pattern of information on social networks is an important issue today. The aim of this study is to technically review the background of information spreading, especially the fundamentals of rumor spreading and analyze the well-known methods on SNs. As a result, this article provides an important background for those, who works on the information spreading over SNs.