Why do people believe health misinformation and who is at risk? A systematic review of individual differences in susceptibility to health misinformation

X Nan, Y Wang, K Thier - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Rationale Health misinformation poses a significant threat to public health. Understanding
why people believe health misinformation and who is at risk is crucial for developing …

Health-related fake news on social media platforms: A systematic literature review

C Melchior, M Oliveira - New Media & Society, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This review aims to (a) investigate the characteristics of both the research community and
the published research on health-related fake news on social media platforms, and (b) …

A first look at COVID-19 information and misinformation sharing on Twitter

L Singh, S Bansal, L Bode, C Budak, G Chi… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
Since December 2019, COVID-19 has been spreading rapidly across the world. Not
surprisingly, conversation about COVID-19 is also increasing. This article is a first look at the …

Evaluating the impact of attempts to correct health misinformation on social media: A meta-analysis

N Walter, JJ Brooks, CJ Saucier, S Suresh - Health communication, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Social media poses a threat to public health by facilitating the spread of misinformation. At
the same time, however, social media offers a promising avenue to stem the distribution of …

Association of COVID-19 misinformation with face mask wearing and social distancing in a nationally representative US sample

R Hornik, A Kikut, E Jesch, C Woko, L Siegel… - Health …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Wide-spread misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges for
communicating public health recommendations. Should campaigns to promote protective …

From “infodemics” to health promotion: a novel framework for the role of social media in public health

D Schillinger, D Chittamuru… - American journal of …, 2020 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Despite the ubiquity of health-related communications via social media, no consensus has
emerged on whether this medium, on balance, jeopardizes or promotes public health …

Differences in preventive behaviors of COVID-19 between urban and rural residents: lessons learned from a cross-sectional study in China

X Chen, H Chen - International journal of environmental research and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the differences in preventive behaviors of
COVID-19 between urban and rural residents, as well as identify the factors that might …

Autopsy of a metaphor: The origins, use and blind spots of the 'infodemic'

FM Simon, CQ Camargo - new media & society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
In 2020, the term 'infodemic'rose from relative obscurity to becoming a popular catch-all
metaphor, representing the perils of fast, wide-spreading (false) information about the …

Effects of fact-checking social media vaccine misinformation on attitudes toward vaccines

J Zhang, JD Featherstone, C Calabrese… - Preventive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Social media vaccine misinformation can negatively influence vaccine attitudes. It is urgent
to develop communication approaches to reduce the misinformation's impact. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on social media virality: content analysis of message themes and writing strategies

CSB Ngai, RG Singh, L Yao - Journal of medical Internet research, 2022 - jmir.org
Background Vaccines serve an integral role in containing pandemics, yet vaccine hesitancy
is prevalent globally. One key reason for this hesitancy is the pervasiveness of …