CHS: Small: This project “explores how online rumors evolve and spread, aiming to understand their permutations and branching over time. Researchers seek to adapt offline theories of rumor spread to online environments, focusing on how technological and behavioral factors influence information flow during crises.

By developing new methods to track and analyze rumor dynamics, the project aims to improve crisis communication strategies and provide insights into collective sensemaking, ultimately transforming approaches to studying online behaviors during disasters.”