COVID-19 infodemic: More retweets for science-based information on coronavirus than for false information
CM Pulido, B Villarejo-Carballido… - International …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The World Health Organization has not only signaled the health risks of COVID-19, but also
labeled the situation as infodemic, due to the amount of information, true and false,
circulating around this topic. Research shows that, in social media, falsehood is shared far
more than evidence-based information. However, there is less research analyzing the
circulation of false and evidence-based information during health emergencies. Thus, the
present study aims at shedding new light on the type of tweets that circulated on Twitter …
labeled the situation as infodemic, due to the amount of information, true and false,
circulating around this topic. Research shows that, in social media, falsehood is shared far
more than evidence-based information. However, there is less research analyzing the
circulation of false and evidence-based information during health emergencies. Thus, the
present study aims at shedding new light on the type of tweets that circulated on Twitter …