Rumor Spread Mode: A Focus on Materiality

Des modes de diffusion de la rumeur: une approche par la matérialité

François-Xavier de Vaujany () and Hélène Bussy-Socrate ()
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François-Xavier de Vaujany: DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Hélène Bussy-Socrate: ESG Management School - ESG Management School

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Abstract: This essay illustrates how a materiality perspective can illuminate the emergence and diffusion of rumors. Organization studies have also investigated rumours in the organizational and market settings. In this paper, we explore three modes of information-spread in relation to rumours (classical, digital type 1, digital type 2) and their materialization. Through three case studies, we discuss the issues and embeddedness between these three modes of diffusion. We present crucial concepts toward the management of reputation and its link with sensitive information. A process model exploring their relation within a cycle sheds light on the concept of sociomateriality: materialisation, amplification, interpretation, reduction and re(un)formation, re-activation.

Keywords: sensitive information; rumours; sociomateriality; social media; materiality; Sociomatérialité; numérique; réseaux sociaux; organisation; Internet; blogs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in Systèmes d'Information et Management, 2019, 23 (4), ⟨10.3917/sim.184.0009⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/sim.184.0009

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