Investigation of Health Misinformation During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorSyed, Romilla
dc.contributor.authorShinde, Archana
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-27T19:18:38Z
dc.date.available2022-12-27T19:18:38Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-03
dc.description.abstractThis study examines how misinformation related to Covid-19 on social media exacerbates individuals’ perceptions of health threats. Informed by the Health Belief Model, we analyze over 5K fact-checked articles to identify different categories or topics of misinformation. We also analyze the veracity of the misinformation topics. Overall, thirteen topics emerged from our analysis, with most of the misinformation questioning the benefits of preventive actions and undermining the severity of the pandemic. We also found significant misinformation related to official sources such as health agencies and research institutes communicating about the pandemic. The findings have implications for social media and health research. Public health experts and policymakers might find insights helpful in designing better communication and intervention strategies to counter the false narrative about the pandemic. The study lays the ground to examine further individuals’ health attitudes and behavior upon exposure to misinformation.
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dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2023.671
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-6-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/103305
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectDark Sides of Information Technology Use
dc.subjectfact-checkers
dc.subjecthealth belief model
dc.subjectmisinformation
dc.subjectsocial media
dc.subjecttopic modeling
dc.titleInvestigation of Health Misinformation During the Covid-19 Pandemic
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