Communication and Technology

Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch, U of Connecticut

To Retweet or Not to Retweet: Understanding What Features of Cardiovascular Tweets Influence their Retransmission - Qinghua Yang, Texas Christian University; Christopher Tufts, U of Pennsylvania; Lyle Ungar, U of Pennsylvania; David Asch, U of Pennsylvania; Alison Buttenheim, U of Pennsylvania; Frances Barg, U of Pennsylvania; Nandita Mitra, U of Pennsylvania; Raina Merchant, U of Pennsylvania

Rumor Has It: The Effects of Virality Metrics on Rumor Believability and Transmission on Twitter - Ji Won Kim, Syracuse U

Does Technology Intensify, Reflect or Weaken Structural Hierarchies? The Case of Crowdfunding of Scientific Research - Roei Davidson, University of Haifa; Yariv Tsfati, U of Haifa

What Makes the Crowd Wise? The Effect of Crowd Structures on the Wisdom of Crowds in Collective Evaluation Tasks - Bei Yan, University of California Santa Barbara; Lian Jian, U of Southern California; Ruqin Ren, U of Southern California; Janet Fulk, U of Southern California; Emily Sidnam, U of Southern California - Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism; Peter Monge, U of Southern California