Fake News: Spread of Misinformation about Urological Conditions on Social Media.
Fake news
Misinformation
Social media
Urology
YouTube
Journal
European urology focus
ISSN: 2405-4569
Titre abrégé: Eur Urol Focus
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101665661
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 05 2020
15 05 2020
Historique:
received:
17
10
2019
revised:
15
11
2019
accepted:
25
11
2019
pubmed:
26
12
2019
medline:
21
5
2021
entrez:
26
12
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Although there is a large amount of user-generated content about urological health issues on social media, much of this content has not been vetted for information accuracy. In this article, we review the literature on the quality and balance of information on urological health conditions on social networks. Across a wide range of benign and malignant urological conditions, studies show a substantial amount of commercial, biased and/or inaccurate information present on popular social networking sites. The healthcare community should take proactive steps to improve the quality of medical information on social networks. PATIENT SUMMARY: In this review, we examined the spread of misinformation about urological health conditions on social media. We found that a significant amount of the circulating information is commercial, biased or misinformative.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31874796
pii: S2405-4569(19)30352-9
doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2019.11.011
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
437-439Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 European Association of Urology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.