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The “Pandemic” of Disinformation in COVID-19

In recent years, mass media and social networks have played an important role in disseminating information regarding public health. During the COVID-19 epidemic, misinformation and fake news have represented an important issue generating confusion and insecurity among the population. In our analysis...

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Autores principales: Tagliabue, Fabio, Galassi, Luca, Mariani, Pierpaolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7395797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32838179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00439-1
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description In recent years, mass media and social networks have played an important role in disseminating information regarding public health. During the COVID-19 epidemic, misinformation and fake news have represented an important issue generating confusion and insecurity among the population. In our analysis, we investigate the role of mass media as a critical element during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak that has influenced the public perception of risk.
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spelling pubmed-73957972020-08-03 The “Pandemic” of Disinformation in COVID-19 Tagliabue, Fabio Galassi, Luca Mariani, Pierpaolo SN Compr Clin Med Covid-19 In recent years, mass media and social networks have played an important role in disseminating information regarding public health. During the COVID-19 epidemic, misinformation and fake news have represented an important issue generating confusion and insecurity among the population. In our analysis, we investigate the role of mass media as a critical element during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak that has influenced the public perception of risk. Springer International Publishing 2020-08-01 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7395797/ /pubmed/32838179 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00439-1 Text en © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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