It indicated that the index measurement is based on comparing the number of rumors monitored during the month with their monthly average over the previous twelve months, to monitor changes in the volume of incorrect and inaccurate information circulating from one month to another.
It indicated that security and political rumors were tied for the lead among the six areas covered by the monitoring, with 34 rumors each, accounting for about 26 percent for each area, together forming 68 rumors, or about 51 percent of the total rumors recorded during the month.
It added that social rumors came in third place with 29 rumors, or about 22 percent, followed by rumors related to public affairs with 19 rumors, or 14 percent, then economic rumors with 13 rumors, or about 10 percent, while health rumors came last with four rumors, constituting 3 percent of the total monitoring.
It explained that 38 rumors were from external sources, accounting for 29 percent of the total rumors, but 95 rumors were promoted by internal and external accounts, some of unknown origin, amounting to 71 percent, which is something that must be paid attention to when transmitting and exchanging information, especially information that does not carry reliable sources or that comes from unverified accounts on social media platforms.
External rumors were concentrated in the political and security fields, according to Akeed’s monitoring, as it recorded 21 external political rumors out of 34 political rumors, and 16 external security rumors out of 34 security rumors, along with one social rumor. As for economic rumors and those related to public affairs and health, they all had internal sources according to the monitoring classifications.
Social media platforms accounted for 83 rumors, about 62 percent of the total monitoring, compared to 50 rumors published via media outlets, about 38 percent according to the monitor’s report, while security and social rumors formed the largest share of cases published via social media platforms, with 41 rumors out of 83, while political rumors topped the cases published via media outlets, with 19 rumors out of 50.
The monitor noted that 49 rumors in the month of October, about 37 percent of total cases, were denied or clarified by the parties targeted by the rumor, compared to 84 rumors, about 63 percent, for which no denial was observed during the monitoring period.
The Akeed monitor adopts a criterion related to the reach volume of incorrect or inaccurate information, as it requires in its definition of a rumor that it be related to a Jordanian public matter or Jordanian interests, and that it has reached approximately more than five thousand people via digital media, whether a denial was issued regarding it by the concerned authorities or not.
