Table 1.

The influencing factors of netizens’ emotions can be divided into objective and subjective aspects. The objective factors consider credibility, such as the antirumor subject a_s, and the speed of clarifying rumors v_s, and the subjective factors consider the individual subjective judgment ability d_r, the emotional expression ability w_r, and the willingness to spread a rumor b_r.

Parameter symbol	Meaning
as (0 ≤ as ≤ 1)	Credibility: indicating the credibility of the subject, such as government officials, experts and scholars, or opinion leaders.
vs (0 ≤ vs ≤ 1)	The speed of refuting the rumor: the speed of the subject’s refutation of the rumor.
dr (0 ≤ dr ≤ 1)	Subjective judgment ability: among individual netizens, due to individual differences, the degree of rationality will also differ.
wr (0 ≤ wr ≤ 1)	Expression ability: the ability of individual netizens to communicate and express themselves.
br (0 ≤ br ≤ 1)	Willingness to spread a rumor: the subjective willingness of individual netizens to spread a rumor.