Infodemic and fake news–A comprehensive overview of its global magnitude during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021: A scoping review

V Balakrishnan, WZ Ng, MC Soo, GJ Han… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The spread of fake news increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide.
This study aims to synthesize the extant literature to understand the magnitude of this …

Fake news: Why do we believe it?

C Beauvais - Joint bone spine, 2022 - Elsevier
Fake news dissemination has increased greatly in recent years, with peaks during the US
presidential elections and the COVID-19 pandemic. Research has addressed fake news …

Public emotional and coping responses to the COVID-19 infodemic: a review and recommendations

W Ying, C Cheng - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Since its onset in early 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has
adversely affected not only the physical but also the mental health of people worldwide …

Health literacy and critical lecture as key elements to detect and reply to nutrition misinformation on social media: Analysis between Spanish Healthcare Professionals

S Segado-Fernández, MC Lozano-Estevan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Health misinformation about nutrition and other health aspects on social media is a current
public health concern. Healthcare professionals play an essential role in efforts to detect and …

Effects of perspective switching and utilitarian thinking on moral judgments in a sacrificial dilemma among healthcare and non-healthcare students

J Park, Y Shin, S Kim, S Maeng, J Ihm - Current Psychology, 2024 - Springer
During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals have often faced moral
challenges, which required them to choose between endorsing self-or other-sacrifice for the …

[PDF][PDF] La comunicación de la tecnociencia en tiempos de pandemia

J Lobera, C Torres Albero - … en tiempos de pandemia: impactos y …, 2021 - researchgate.net
La ciencia es la principal institución social a la que nuestras sociedades recurren para
generar conocimiento veraz. De esta manera, la comunicación de la tecnociencia resulta …

Pourquoi croyons-nous aux fake news?

C Beauvais - Revue du rhumatisme, 2022 - Elsevier
Résumé Ces dernières années, les fake news ont connu une propagation exponentielle, en
particulier depuis l'élection américaine de Donald Trump et la pandémie de la COVID-19. La …

The COVID-19 infodemic in social media: Political exaggeration and communicative autonomy

C Ferré-Pavia, K Abrego, R Ricardez - First Monday, 2023 - firstmonday.org
This study aims to assess the difficulty of maintaining the interpretative autonomy of
communication professionals and citizens, in the face of information about the global …

Multidisciplinary Student Groups Support Digital Education as a Public Health Precautional Action to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 Infection: A Mixed Methods Study

K Almendingen, T Skotheim, B Ervik… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Health personnel had greater odds of contracting COVID-19 during its first
wave in Norway, compared with all working-age individuals. Students in health care, but …

Climate Change Denial: An Ecocidal, Parallel Universe of Simulation

K Moser - Fake News in Contemporary Science and Politics: A …, 2024 - Springer
This chapter delves into the problem of climate change denial that is preventing global
society from taking action in defense of an imperiled planet in the Anthropocene …