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Sep 1, 2019 · Misinformation shared on social media websites has fueled an epidemic of false belief, with widespread misconceptions concerning topics ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic to voter fraud, whether ...
- Cailin O'connor, James Owen Weatherall
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by a so-called “infodemic”—a global spread of misinformation that poses a serious problem for public health. Infodemics are concerning because the spread of false or misleading information has the capacity to change transmission patterns (Kim et al., 2019) and consequently the scale and lethality of a pand...
Finding 1: Misinformation about COVID-19 is circulated more on Twitter as compared to traditional media. We find large differences between the quality of information shared about COVID-19 on traditional news and Twitter. Figure 1 shows the percentage of COVID-19 related content that contains information linked to a particular theme. The plot report...
Canadian Twitter and news data were collected from March 26th to April 6th, 2020. We collected all English-language tweets from a set of 620,000 users that have been determined to be likely Canadians. For inclusion, a given user must self-identify as Canadian-based, follow a large number of Canadian political elite accounts, or frequently use Canad...
- Aengus Bridgman, Eric Merkley, Peter John Loewen, Taylor Owen, Derek Ruths, Lisa Teichmann, Oleg Zhi...
- 2020
Apr 21, 2022 · Social media shapes our understanding of mental health. Public conversations about social media and mental health tend to ignore the agency that people have in using social networks to their advantage. Common misconceptions augment the moral panic around social media which hurt those suffering with their mental health by ignoring their ...
Jun 21, 2018 · The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.. Social media are among the primary sources of news in the U.S. and ...
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Apr 1, 2023 · With the prevalence and increasing impact of misinformation on social media, numerous studies have explored the characteristics of misinformation. However, we lack a holistic understanding of what factors contribute to the viral spread of misinformation on social media and what strategies have been proposed to combat the phenomenon.
May 9, 2018 · The flow of misinformation on Twitter is thus a function of both human and technical factors. Human biases play an important role: Since we’re more likely to react to content that taps into our ...
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Mar 1, 2021 · Misinformation on COVID-19 is so pervasive that even some patients dying from the disease still say it’s a hoax.In March 2020, nearly 30% of U.S. adults believed the Chinese government created the coronavirus as a bioweapon (Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 263, 2020) and in June, a quarter believed the outbreak was intentionally planned by people in power (Pew Research Center, 2020).
