Background Health misinformation on social media is a public health concern, and healthcare professionals can help correct it. However, research on how they correct health …
Background: An infodemic is excess information, including false or misleading information, that spreads in digital and physical environments during a public health emergency. The …
A Aldayel, W Magdy - Social Network Analysis and Mining, 2022 - Springer
There is a rising concern with social bots that imitate humans and manipulate opinions on social media. Current studies on assessing the overall effect of bots on social media users …
A user-generated text on social media enables health workers to keep track of information, identify possible outbreaks, forecast disease trends, monitor emergency cases, and …
C Lieneck, K Heinemann, J Patel, H Huynh, A Leafblad… - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: Information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic has spread internationally through a variety of platforms, including social media. While efforts have been …
The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) first appeared in Wuhan, China in late 2019 and since then …
A Bari, M Heymann, RJ Cohen, R Zhao… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Vaccination can help control the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic but is undermined by vaccine hesitancy. Social media disseminates information …
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how factual information and misinformation are being shared on Twitter by identifying types of social media users who initiate the …
Social media, in general, and Facebook in particular, have been clearly identified as important platforms for the dissemination of mis-and disinformation and related problematic …