Social Media Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts on Public Mental Health Introduction: Some behavioral measures such as handwashing, masking or social distancing are among the most effective tools to combat COVID-19 pandemic. Objectives: Describe the extent to whic...
Are there other examples where social media has been helpful during the COVID-19 pandemic? Theuse of social mediawill evolve with this outbreak. There is currently a lot of good information on social distancing and self-quarantine. As things progress, social media will be used by governments a...
What are the impacts of social media on relationships, friends, etc. and the way it ruins people’s abilities to create genuine and long-lasting connections? How is social media affecting loneliness among young adults during the Covid-19 lockdown/pandemic in America? What is the role of soci...
New MediaSocial MediaPandemicCovid-19CoronovirusInformationMisinformationCoronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered novel strain of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 (WHO, 2020). Most people infected wdoi:10.2139/ssrn.3596058R, Jayaseelan...
Impact of Rumors and Misinformation on COVID-19 in Social Media The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has not only caused significant challenges for health systems all over the globe but also fueled the surge of numerous rumors, hoaxes, and misinformation, regarding the etiology, ...
This mixed-methods study investigates the types of COVID-19 misinformation that have been propagated through social media by US physicians.
A GP ordered not to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic on social media after he was accused of allegedly spreading "misinformation" online faces a "severe" restriction on his freedom of speech, the High Court has heard. Dr Samuel White Dr Samuel White is appealing against interim conditions ...
Fake news, disinformation and misinformation have become such a scourge that Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, is quoted to have said (making an implicit reference to the COVID-19 pandemic) “Misinformation is worse than an epidemic: It spreads ...
The spread of misinformation on social media has become a major societal issue during recent years. In this work, we used the ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic as... X Wang,M Zhang,W Fan,... - 《Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology》 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Reducing ...
Over the past few weeks, misinformation about the new coronavirus pandemic has been spreading across social media at an alarming rate. One video that went viral claimed breathing hot air from a hair dryer could treat COVID-19. ...