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Covid-19 infodemic reveals new tipping point epidemiology and a revised $R$ formula [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Many governments have managed to control their COVID-19 outbreak with a simple message: keep the effective '$R$ number' $R<1$ to prevent widespread contagion and flatten the curve. This raises the question whether a similar policy could control dangerous online 'infodemics' of information, misinformation and disinformation.
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A network-based approach to QAnon user dynamics and topic diversity during the COVID-19 infodemic [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 QAnon is an umbrella conspiracy theory that encompasses a wide spectrum of people. The COVID-19 pandemic has helped raise the QAnon conspiracy theory to a wide-spreading movement, especially in the US. Here, we study users' dynamics on Twitter related to the QAnon movement (i.e., pro-/anti-QAnon and less-leaning users) in the context of the COVID-19 ...
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COVID-19-Related Web Search Behaviors and Infodemic Attitudes in Italy: Infodemiological Study
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2020 BackgroundSince the beginning of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, fake news and misleading information have circulated worldwide, which can profoundly affect public health communication.
Rovetta, Alessandro +1 more
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Lack of evidence for correlation between COVID-19 infodemic and vaccine acceptance [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 How information consumption affects behaviour is an open and widely debated research question. A popular hypothesis states that the so-called infodemic has a substantial impact on orienting individual decisions. A competing hypothesis stresses that exposure to vast amounts of even contradictory information has little effect on personal choices.
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Should Teachers Promote Vaccination?
Educational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 227-259, April 2025.Abstract The Covid‐19 pandemic brought the importance of vaccination and public attitudes toward it firmly to the fore. However, vaccine hesitancy and refusal remain significant barriers to global uptake, with post‐pandemic declines in routine immunization contributing to disease outbreaks worldwide.
Ruth Wareham
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 Background: The current COVID-19 pandemic requires sustainable behavior change to mitigate the impact of the virus. A phenomenon which has arisen in parallel with this pandemic is an infodemic—an over-abundance of information, of which some is accurate ...
Talya Porat +4 more
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Large Language Model‐Based Chatbots in Higher Education
Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.The use of large language models (LLMs) in higher education can facilitate personalized learning experiences, advance asynchronized learning, and support instructors, students, and researchers across diverse fields. The development of regulations and guidelines that address ethical and legal issues is essential to ensure safe and responsible adaptation
Defne Yigci +4 more
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Understanding the dynamics emerging from infodemics: A call to action for interdisciplinary research [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Research on infodemics, i.e., the rapid spread of (mis)information related to a hazardous event, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, requires the integration of a multiplicity of scientific disciplines. The dynamics emerging from infodemics have the potential to generate complex behavioral patterns.
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Building Trust and Resilience: Bhutan's Approach to Risk Communication During the COVID‐19 Pandemic
Public Health Challenges, Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2025.ABSTRACT Throughout the COVID‐19 pandemic, effective risk communication emerged as pivotal in fostering positive behavioral changes that aligned with the evolving evidence and stages of the pandemic. It stood alongside key strategies like enhanced surveillance, extensive testing, stringent quarantine, and strategic case management in Bhutan's response.
Ugyen Tshering +3 more
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The COVID19 infodemic. The role and place of academics in science communication [PDF]
Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health Vol 9 Issue 2 2020, 2020 As the COVID19 pandemic has spread across the world, a concurrent pandemic of information has spread with it. Deemed an infodemic by the World Health Organization, and described as an overabundance of information, some accurate, some not, that occurs during an epidemic, this proliferation of data, research and opinions provides both opportunities and ...
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