One of the largest areas of concern with COVID-19 is misinformation, as it is a novel virus that many report on, even if unqualified to do so. This study aims to predict whether a Tweet can be classified as misinformation, and then analyze the differences between Tweets that are ...
Misinformation and “fake news” on social media is everywhere, and teens are particularly vulnerable. And with the rise of AI and bots, it can be even more difficult to tell what’s real and what’s not. Whether you are a parent, guardian, teacher, or mentor, there are proactive steps...
A 2022 studyfound that of the most popular articles posted on social media in 2018 and 2019, on the four most common cancers, one in every three contained false, inaccurate or misleading information. And most of that misinformation about cancer was potentially harmful. For example, by promoting...
A new study published online today in theJournal of the National Cancer Institutereports that one third of the most popular cancer treatment articles on social media contain misinformation. Further, the vast majority of that misinformation has the potential to harm cancer patients by supporting approac...
Interesting research has been carried out to review and study the fake news issue in online social networks. Some focus not only on fake news, but also distinguish between fake news and rumor (Bondielli and Marcelloni2019; Meel and Vishwakarma2020), while others tackle the whole problem, from...
Discussion This study was the first, to our knowledge, to identify the types of COVID-19 misinformation propagated by US physicians on social media and the platforms they used, as well as characterize the physicians who spread the misinformation. The content of misinformation physicians spread was...
A. COVID-19 related misinformation on social media: a qualitative study from Iran. J. Med. Internet Res. https://doi.org/10.2196/18932 (2020). Article PubMed Google Scholar Arata, N. B., Torneo, A. R. & Contreras, A. P. Partisanship, political support, and information processing ...
根据后文"It is why misinformation travels fast on social media, where everyone says they heard it from a friend of a friend. (在社交媒体上,虚假信息传播主要是靠朋友间口口相传,所以传播得特别快)"可推知,本句是在说明虚假信息通过朋友传播特别快的原因,故G选项"因为人们倾向于相信自己的朋友"符合...
Despite the growing attempts to correct misinformation on social media, there is still considerable ambiguity regarding the ability to effectively ameliorate the negative impact of false messages. To address this gap, the current study uses a meta-analysis to evaluate the relative impact of social ...
First, social media enables misinformation tospread at a much greater scale, speed, and scope. Second, content that is sensational and likely to trigger emotions ismore likely to go viral on social media, making falsehoods easier to spread than the truth. ...