JMIR Infodemiology, 2023 BackgroundTo respond to the need to establish infodemic management functions at the national public health institute in Germany (Robert Koch Institute, RKI), we explored and assessed available data sources, developed a social ...
T Sonia Boender +9 more
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Early Detection of Misinformation for Infodemic Management: A Domain Adaptation Approach
arXiv.orgAn infodemic refers to an enormous amount of true information and misinformation disseminated during a disease outbreak. Detecting misinformation at the early stage of an infodemic is key to manage it and reduce its harm to public health.
Fang, Xiao, Mao, Minjia, Zhao, Xiaohang
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The Peru approach against the COVID-19 infodemic: Insights and strategies [PDF]
, 2020 The COVID-19 epidemic has spawned an "infodemic,"with excessive and unfounded information that hinders an appropriate public health response. This perspective describes a selection of COVID-19 fake news that originated in Peru and the government's ...
Alvarez-Risco, Aldo +10 more
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Epidemic proximity and imitation dynamics drive infodemic waves during the COVID-19 pandemic
Physical Review Research, 2022 An infodemic—an outpouring of information, including misleading and also fake news—is accompanying the current pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2. In the absence of valid therapeutic approaches, behavioral responses may seriously affect the social dynamics of
Valeria d'Andrea +5 more
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The COVID-19 infodemic in social media: political exaggeration and communicative autonomy [PDF]
, 2023 This study aims to assess the difficulty of maintaining the interpretative autonomy of communication professionals and citizens, in the face of information about the global pandemic.
Abrego Montenegro, Karen +1 more
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Penerapan e-literasi dalam menanggapi infodemik COVID-19 di media sosial
Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi, 2023 Introduction. The spread of the infodemic during the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the need for e-literacy to counteract the negative impacts it had.
Hikmah Irfaniah +2 more
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COVID-19 infodemic on Chinese social media: A 4P framework, selective review and research directions
Measurement + Control, 2020 During the outbreak of the COVID-19 (2019 coronavirus disease), misinformation related to the virus spread rapidly online and have led to serious difficulties in controlling the disease.
Jia Luo, Rui Xue, Jinglu Hu
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A Mathematical Model for Co-Evolution of Pandemic and Infodemic with Vaccine [PDF]
, 2021 Vaccine hesitancy, resulting from bad information, threatens the possibility of ending the COVID-19 pandemic through mass vaccination. The COVID-19 pandemic coincides with an overabundance of controversial information regarding disease transmission and ...
Morciglio, Anthony
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Influence of Mass Media on Italian Web Users During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Infodemiological Analysis
JMIRx Med, 2021 BackgroundConcurrently with the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has been facing a growing infodemic, which has caused severe damage to economic and health systems and has often compromised the effectiveness of infection containment ...
Alessandro Rovetta, Lucia Castaldo
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Pandemic and infodemic: the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 from a cultural evolutionary perspective [PDF]
, 2023 In this paper, we critically consider the analogy between “infodemic” and “pandemic”, i.e. the spread of fake news about COVID-19 as a medial virus and the infection with the biological virus itself from the perspective of cultural evolutionary theory ...
Baraghith, Karim, Häusler, Lara
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