Use of Twitter Amplifiers by Medical Professionals to Combat Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Social media is an important tool for disseminating accurate medical information and combating misinformation (ie, the spreading of false or inaccurate information) and disinformation (ie, spreading misinformation with the intent to deceive). The prolific rise of inaccurate information during a glob...

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Autores principales: Royan, Regina, Pendergrast, Tricia Rae, Del Rios, Marina, Rotolo, Shannon M, Trueger, N Seth, Bloomgarden, Eve, Behrens, Deanna, Jain, Shikha, Arora, Vineet M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JMIR Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9311387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35839387
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/38324
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author Royan, Regina
Pendergrast, Tricia Rae
Del Rios, Marina
Rotolo, Shannon M
Trueger, N Seth
Bloomgarden, Eve
Behrens, Deanna
Jain, Shikha
Arora, Vineet M
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Pendergrast, Tricia Rae
Del Rios, Marina
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Trueger, N Seth
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description Social media is an important tool for disseminating accurate medical information and combating misinformation (ie, the spreading of false or inaccurate information) and disinformation (ie, spreading misinformation with the intent to deceive). The prolific rise of inaccurate information during a global pandemic is a pressing public health concern. In response to this phenomenon, health professional amplifiers such as IMPACT (Illinois Medical Professional Action Collaborative Team) have been created as a coordinated response to enhance public communication and advocacy around the COVID-19 pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-93113872022-07-26 Use of Twitter Amplifiers by Medical Professionals to Combat Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Royan, Regina Pendergrast, Tricia Rae Del Rios, Marina Rotolo, Shannon M Trueger, N Seth Bloomgarden, Eve Behrens, Deanna Jain, Shikha Arora, Vineet M J Med Internet Res Viewpoint Social media is an important tool for disseminating accurate medical information and combating misinformation (ie, the spreading of false or inaccurate information) and disinformation (ie, spreading misinformation with the intent to deceive). The prolific rise of inaccurate information during a global pandemic is a pressing public health concern. In response to this phenomenon, health professional amplifiers such as IMPACT (Illinois Medical Professional Action Collaborative Team) have been created as a coordinated response to enhance public communication and advocacy around the COVID-19 pandemic. JMIR Publications 2022-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9311387/ /pubmed/35839387 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/38324 Text en ©Regina Royan, Tricia Rae Pendergrast, Marina Del Rios, Shannon M Rotolo, N Seth Trueger, Eve Bloomgarden, Deanna Behrens, Shikha Jain, Vineet M Arora. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (https://www.jmir.org), 22.07.2022. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
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Arora, Vineet M
Use of Twitter Amplifiers by Medical Professionals to Combat Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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title_short Use of Twitter Amplifiers by Medical Professionals to Combat Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9311387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35839387
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/38324
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