[HTML][HTML] Systematic literature review on the spread of health-related misinformation on social media

Y Wang, M McKee, A Torbica, D Stuckler - Social science & medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Contemporary commentators describe the current period as “an era of fake news” in which
misinformation, generated intentionally or unintentionally, spreads rapidly. Although …

Online misinformation about climate change

KMI Treen, HTP Williams… - … Reviews: Climate Change, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Policymakers, scholars, and practitioners have all called attention to the issue of
misinformation in the climate change debate. But what is climate change misinformation …

COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs, health behaviors, and policy support

VA Earnshaw, LA Eaton, SC Kalichman… - Translational …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Conspiracy theories have been proliferating during the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence
suggests that belief in conspiracy theories undermines engagement in pro-health behaviors …

[HTML][HTML] Bots and misinformation spread on social media: Implications for COVID-19

MK Himelein-Wachowiak, S Giorgi, A Devoto… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - jmir.org
As of March 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been responsible for over 115 million cases of
COVID-19 worldwide, resulting in over 2.5 million deaths. As the virus spread exponentially …

The covid-19 infodemic: Twitter versus facebook

KC Yang, F Pierri, PM Hui, D Axelrod… - Big Data & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The global spread of the novel coronavirus is affected by the spread of related
misinformation—the so-called COVID-19 Infodemic—that makes populations more …

The web of false information: Rumors, fake news, hoaxes, clickbait, and various other shenanigans

S Zannettou, M Sirivianos, J Blackburn… - Journal of Data and …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
A new era of Information Warfare has arrived. Various actors, including state-sponsored
ones, are weaponizing information on Online Social Networks to run false-information …

How social media is changing conflict

T Zeitzoff - Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Social media increasingly plays a role in conflict and contentious politics. Politicians,
leaders, insurgents, and protestors all have used it as a tool for communication. At the same …

Searching for general model of conspiracy theories and its implication for public health policy: Analysis of the impacts of political, psychological, structural factors on …

S Kim, S Kim - International journal of environmental research and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Along with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, beliefs in conspiracy theories are
spreading within and across countries. This study aims to analyze predictors of beliefs in …

Rumor gauge: Predicting the veracity of rumors on Twitter

S Vosoughi, MN Mohsenvand, D Roy - ACM transactions on knowledge …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
The spread of malicious or accidental misinformation in social media, especially in time-
sensitive situations, such as real-world emergencies, can have harmful effects on individuals …

The importance of 'likes': The interplay of message framing, source, and social endorsement on credibility perceptions of health information on Facebook

P Borah, X Xiao - Journal of health communication, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Online sources not only permeate the information-seeking environment of the younger
generation, but also have profound influence in shaping their beliefs and behaviors. In this …