Recently, health-related misinformation has plagued social media. We investigate the behavior of misinformation sharing on Twitter. We argue that misinformation sharing is likely to be influenced by the distance to the health crisis as afforded by Twitter. This article investigates three types of distances, namely social (personal relations), spatial (geometric), and temporal (time gap). We address three research questions in the context of Zika virus: first, how does social, spatial, and temporal distances affect the threat appeal of a misinformation message? Second, how does social, spatial, and temporal distances influence misinformation sharing? Third, how does the effect of social, spatial, and temporal distances on misinformation sharing varies based on the influence afforded by Twitter? The results indicate the negative effect of social and temporal distances on threat appeal, and the negative effect of spatial distance on misinformation sharing. The results also indicate the negative effect of temporal distance on misinformation sharing for more influential Tweeters and the negative effect of social and spatial distance on misinformation sharing for less influential Tweeters.

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Zika期间Twitter上的错误信息共享：威胁和距离影响的调查

最近，与健康有关的错误信息困扰着社交媒体。我们调查了Twitter上错误信息共享的行为。我们认为，Twitter所提供的错误信息共享可能会受到与健康危机的距离的影响。本文研究了三种类型的距离，即社会距离（人际关系），空间距离（几何）和时间距离（时间间隔）。我们在寨卡病毒的背景下解决了三个研究问题：首先，社交，空间和时间距离如何影响错误信息的威胁吸引力？其次，社交，空间和时间距离如何影响错误信息共享？第三，社会，空间，错误信息共享的时空距离会因Twitter提供的影响而异吗？结果表明社交和时间距离对威胁吸引力的负面影响，以及空间距离对错误信息共享的负面影响。结果还表明，对于影响力更大的高音扬声器，时间距离对错误信息共享的负面影响；对于影响力较小的高音扬声器，社交和空间距离对错误信息共享的负面影响。