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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background The proliferation of health misinformation on social media is a growing public health concern. Online communities for mental health (OCMHs) are also considered an outlet for exposure to misinformation.
Nicole Bizzotto +2 more
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The Influence Of Misinformation On Twitter During COVID-19 [PDF]
, 2023 openThere has been a significant impact on people's behavior due to misinformation, especially during the Coronavirus Disease 2019, which directly affects general health awareness.
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Knowing when to act: A call for an open misinformation library to guide actionable surveillance
Big Data & Society, 2021 The design and reporting of data-driven studies seeking to measure misinformation are patchy and inconsistent, and these studies rarely measure associations with, or effects on, behaviour.
Adam G Dunn +3 more
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From Dark to Light: The Many Shades of Sharing Misinformation Online
Media and Communication, 2021 Research typically presumes that people believe misinformation and propagate it through their social networks. Yet, a wide range of motivations for sharing misinformation might impact its spread, as well as people’s belief of it. By examining research on
Miriam J. Metzger +4 more
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Web search engine misinformation notifier extension (SEMiNExt):a machine learning based approach during COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]
, 2021 Misinformation such as on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) drugs, vaccination or presentation of its treatment from untrusted sources have shown dramatic consequences on public health. Authorities have deployed several surveillance tools to detect and
Rahman, A. (Ashiqur) +8 more
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The effect of misinformation acceptance on COVID-19 prevention behaviors [PDF]
International Journal of Information Science and ManagementThe acceptance of misinformation about COVID-19 has had irreversible consequences on public health during the pandemic. The current study was conducted to investigate the effect of misinformation acceptance on preventive behaviors related to COVID-19 and
Leila Dehghani +3 more
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Politics meets healthcare? Religious misinformation in India during the COVID-19 pandemic
Jurnal Sosial Humaniora, 2020 India has recently become a hotspot of misinformation: the COVID-19 brings a new opportunity for the rumor-spreaders. Of various categories, religious misinformation seems harmful for both Indian society and public health.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman
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, 2020 This study finds that the online “fake news” game, Bad News, can confer psychological resistance against common online misinformation strategies across different cultures.
Nygren, Thomas, +2 more
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Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023 BackgroundThe prevalence of misinformation poses a substantial threat to individuals’ daily lives, necessitating the deployment of effective remedial approaches.
Chang Lu +4 more
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Right and left, partisanship predicts (asymmetric) vulnerability to misinformation
, 2021 We analyze the relationship between partisanship, echo chambers, and vulnerability to online misinformation by studying news sharing behavior on Twitter.
Nikolov, D., Menczer, F., Flammini, A.
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