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

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 develo** …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of misinformation on the COVID-19 pandemic

MMF Caceres, JP Sosa, JA Lawrence… - AIMS Public …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Since the inception of the current pandemic, COVID-19 related misinformation has played a
role in defaulting control of the situation. It has become evident that the internet, social …

Learning about COVID-19: a qualitative interview study of Australians' use of information sources

D Lupton, S Lewis - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background A multitude of information sources are available to publics when novel
infectious diseases first emerge. In this paper, we adopt a qualitative approach to investigate …

Analytic thinking predicts accuracy ratings and willingness to share COVID-19 misinformation in Australia

MS Nurse, RM Ross, O Isler, D Van Rooy - Memory & Cognition, 2022 - Springer
The classical account of reasoning posits that analytic thinking weakens belief in COVID-19
misinformation. We tested this account in a demographically representative sample of 742 …

Antecedents and consequences of misinformation sharing behavior among adults on social media during COVID-19

A Malik, F Bashir, K Mahmood - Sage Open, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Misinformation has been existed for centuries, though emerge as a severe concern in the
age of social media, and particularly during COVID-19 global pandemic. As the pandemic …

Summarising data and factors associated with COVID-19 related conspiracy theories in the first year of the pandemic: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

K Tsamakis, D Tsiptsios, B Stubbs, R Ma, E Romano… - BMC psychology, 2022 - Springer
Conspiracy theories can have particularly harmful effects by negatively sha** health-
related behaviours. A significant number of COVID-19 specific conspiracy theories emerged …

Government-sponsored disinformation and the severity of respiratory infection epidemics including COVID-19: A global analysis, 2001–2020

TH Lin, MC Chang, CC Chang, YH Chou - Social science & medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Internet misinformation and government-sponsored disinformation campaigns have been
criticized for their presumed/hypothesized role in worsening the coronavirus disease 2019 …

Primary health care nurses' perceptions of risk during COVID‐19: A qualitative study

C Ashley, S James, C Stephen, R Mursa… - Journal of Nursing …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose COVID‐19 has presented health care professionals with unprecedented
challenges. Significant risks have emerged as nurses have continued to work in delivering …

'It infuriates me': examining young adults' reactions to and recommendations to fight misinformation about COVID-19

P Borah, B Irom, YC Hsu - Journal of Youth Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Social media platforms that are full of misinformation and conspiracy theories about the
COVID-19 pandemic can have an adverse impact on young adults. Young adults are going …