Resource search algorithm based on rumor spreading mechanism in P2P network;

Penetrating analysis on rumors before Russian reform of abolishing serfdom;

Rumor and Panic during the SARS Crisis;

"Rumour" is one kind of broad existence society culture phenomenon.

T he article analyses the process and the characteristics of the present “SARS”spread by the network and suggests the countermeasure of restraining rumour.

The overflow of rumours was a unique phenomenon during French Revolution.

Rethinking the Social Functions and Communication Principles of Rumors Based on Literature Review and Empirical Studies

For thousands of years, rumors have been troubling the community.

The outbreak of public emergencies often with rumors of a large number of breeding and spread rapidly.

On the basis of considering the new regulations on earthquake rumors in the “Law of the People s Republic of China on Protecting Against and Mitigating Earthquake Disasters”and the “Regulations on Administration of Earthquake Predictions”,and in the light of the previous research work of other scientists, the authors of this paper give the new definition of earthquake rumors.

The article suggests to inspect the diffusion of rumor within the communication infrastructure,in fact to put the rumor into the backdrop of communication ecology.