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Frontiers in CommunicationThe COVID-19 pandemic triggered not only a public health crisis but also a parallel “infodemic”—an overwhelming flood of information, including false or misleading content.
Sudip Bhattacharya, Alok Singh
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(Dis)information Systems: a Systemic View of Disinformation
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Disinformation is an ancient social phenomenon that has found a favourable environment for dissemination in internet‐based social networks. While the scientific community seeks to address the problem by creating specific tools to detect and classify the various types of false information, we argue that systems thinking is necessary to ...
Herbert Laroca +2 more
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The Information Literacy and the Infodemic in COVID-19 pandemic at Kampala International University [PDF]
, 2023 Access to reliable information in times of emergency is important. However the quantum of information during emergency may cause infodemic. The study investigated the role of information literacy in mitigating infodemic in COVID 19 pandemic. A survey was
Kiwelu, Jackline E. +1 more
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Public Health and Risk Communication During COVID-19—Enhancing Psychological Needs to Promote Sustainable Behavior Change [PDF]
, 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 ...
Calvo, Rafael A. +4 more
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Constructing Difference: Maternal Boundary‐Work in Science‐Based and Natural Mom Groups on Facebook
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Boundary‐work describes the activities of social groups as they seek to differentiate themselves from others to establish credibility, authority, or to protect their interests. While a growing body of literature explores occupational boundary‐work in health care, limited research has focused on how lay actors practice boundary‐work online.
Darryn DiFrancesco
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When Infodemic Meets Epidemic: Systematic Literature Review
JMIR Public Health and SurveillanceBackground Epidemics and outbreaks present arduous challenges, requiring both individual and communal efforts. The significant medical, emotional, and financial burden associated with epidemics creates feelings of distrust, fear, and loss of control ...
Chaimae Asaad +3 more
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The Political Economy of Wellness: Commercial Determinants of a Burgeoning Industry
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points Wellness has grown into a multi‐trillion‐dollar industry encompassing a multitude of products and practices that affect health and well‐being. Applying a lens of commercial determinants of health to wellness is useful to examine its intersection with systems of capital production, corporate interests, and neoliberal norms of personal ...
NANCY KARREMAN +3 more
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Infodemic During Covid 19 in Village Communities [PDF]
, 2023 While still having to fight against the pandemic, Indonesia is also still experiencing the problem of disinformation known as an infodemic. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an infodemic is excessive information about Covid-19 online or ...
Harilama, Stefi Helistina +2 more
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Countering FIMI by Digital Authoritarianisms: Audience Architecture and Reverse Language Engineering
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) campaigns on social media are currently both more accessible and more impactful than the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) or European Union's (EU), offering their opponents superiority and efficiency on those platforms.
Michelangelo Conoscenti
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A Deadly Infodemic: Social Media and the Power of COVID-19 Misinformation
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021 COVID-19 is currently the third leading cause of death in the United States, and unvaccinated people continue to die in high numbers. Vaccine hesitancy and vaccine refusal are fueled by COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms.
M. Gisondi +6 more
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