News reporting on events that occur in our society can have different styles and structures as well as different dynamics of news spreading over time. News publishers have the potential to spread their news and reach out to a large number of readers worldwide. In this paper we would like to understand how well they are doing it and which kind of obstacles the news may encounter when spreading. The news to be spread wider cross multiple barriers such as linguistic (the most evident one as they get published in other natural languages), economic, geographical, political, time zone, and cultural barriers. Observing potential differences between spreading of news on different events published by multiple publishers can bring insights into what may influence the differences in the spreading patterns. There are multiple reasons, possibly many hidden, influencing the speed and geographical spread of news. This paper studies information cascading and propagation barriers, applying the proposed methodology on three distinctive kinds of events: Global Warming, earthquakes, and FIFA World Cup.
翻译:报道我们社会所发生事件的新闻可能具有不同的风格和结构以及传播新闻的不同动态。新闻出版商有潜力传播新闻和接触全世界大量读者。在本文中,我们想了解他们做得如何,新闻在传播时可能遇到什么样的障碍。新闻将广泛传播,包括语言(最明显的是用其他自然语言出版)、经济、地理、政治、时区和文化障碍等多种障碍。观察多种出版商所发表的不同事件新闻的传播之间可能存在的差异,可以使人们深入了解传播模式的差异。有多种原因,可能有许多隐蔽原因,影响新闻的速度和地理传播。本文研究信息串联和传播障碍,对三种不同事件采用拟议方法:全球暖化、地震和国际足联世界杯。