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The pages here only provide a small part of the complete master's thesis I wrote on the spreading of hoaxes. Those of you interested in the full text which contains more information and a more detailed explanation of the methodology and results can download the full thesis in pdf format.
Please reference to these pages as pages from the original master's thesis they were taken from. The correct way to refer is:
Chielens, K. (2003). The Viral Aspects of Language: A Quantitative Research of Memetic Selection Criteria. Unpublished master's thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
You can download the thesis: here.