Designing a conceptual framework for misinformation on social media: a qualitative study on COVID-19.
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Infectious disease
Infodemic
Misinformation
Outbreak
Journal
BMC research notes
ISSN: 1756-0500
Titre abrégé: BMC Res Notes
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101462768
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 Nov 2021
02 Nov 2021
Historique:
received:
14
07
2021
accepted:
26
10
2021
entrez:
3
11
2021
pubmed:
4
11
2021
medline:
5
11
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
This study was aimed to present a conceptual framework about the misinformation surrounding COVID-19 outbreak in Iran. For this purpose, discourse analysis of two of the most common social virtual networks were conducted via a four step approach as follows: defining the research question and selecting the content of analysis, gathering information and theory on the context, content analysis for establishing the themes and patterns and, presenting the results and drawing conclusions. Cultural factors, demand pressure for information during the crisis, the easiness of information dissemination via social networks, marketing incentives and the poor legal supervision of online content are the main reasons for misinformation dissemination. Disease statistics; treatments and prevention are the main subjective categories of releasing misinformation. The consequences of misinformation dissemination include psychosocial, economic, health status, health system and ethical ones. The most recommended strategies for dealing with the issue could be divided into demand and supply-side strategies.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34727969
doi: 10.1186/s13104-021-05822-2
pii: 10.1186/s13104-021-05822-2
pmc: PMC8561374
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
408Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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