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COVID-19 infodemic: More retweets for science-based information on coronavirus than for false information

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    Identifier: imarina:6248049
    Authors:
    Pulido CMVillarejo-Carballido BRedondo-Sama GGómez A
    Abstract:
    © The Author(s) 2020. 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 around the COVID-19 outbreak for two days, in order to analyze how false and true information was shared. To that end, 1000 tweets have been analyzed. Results show that false information is tweeted more but retweeted less than science-based evidence or fact-checking tweets, while science-based evidence and fact-checking tweets capture more engagement than mere facts. These findings bring relevant insights to inform public health policies.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Pulido CM; Villarejo-Carballido B; Redondo-Sama G; Gómez A
    Department: Pedagogia
    URV's Author/s: Gomez Gonzalez, Aitor / Redondo Sama, Gisela
    Keywords: Social media analytics Social media Misinformation Infodemic Ebola Covid-19 Coronavirus Communicative content analysis
    Abstract: © The Author(s) 2020. 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 around the COVID-19 outbreak for two days, in order to analyze how false and true information was shared. To that end, 1000 tweets have been analyzed. Results show that false information is tweeted more but retweeted less than science-based evidence or fact-checking tweets, while science-based evidence and fact-checking tweets capture more engagement than mere facts. These findings bring relevant insights to inform public health policies.
    Thematic Areas: Sociology and political science Sociology Sociologia i política Sociología Serviço social Saúde coletiva Interdisciplinar Historia Direito Ciencias sociales
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: gisela.redondo@urv.cat aitor.gomez@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0003-2240-7795 0000-0001-8994-9885
    Record's date: 2023-02-19
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0268580920914755
    Papper original source: International Sociology. 35 (0268580920914755): 377-392
    APA: Pulido CM; Villarejo-Carballido B; Redondo-Sama G; Gómez A (2020). COVID-19 infodemic: More retweets for science-based information on coronavirus than for false information. International Sociology, 35(0268580920914755), 377-392. DOI: 10.1177/0268580920914755
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.1177/0268580920914755
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2020
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Sociology,Sociology and Political Science
    Social media analytics
    Social media
    Misinformation
    Infodemic
    Ebola
    Covid-19
    Coronavirus
    Communicative content analysis
    Sociology and political science
    Sociology
    Sociologia i política
    Sociología
    Serviço social
    Saúde coletiva
    Interdisciplinar
    Historia
    Direito
    Ciencias sociales
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