This book tackles the infodemic - the rapid, widespread diffusion of false, misleading or inaccurate information about the disease and its ramifications - triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Miscommunicating the COVID-19 Pandemic
✍ Scribed by Ran Wei;Ven-Hwei Lo;Yi-Hui Christine Huang;Dong Dong;Hai Liang;Guanxiong Huang;Sibo Wang;; Ven-Hwei Lo; Yi-Hui Christine Huang; Dong Dong; Hai Liang; Guanxiong Huang; Sibo Wang
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2023
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 251
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
This book tackles the infodemic - the rapid, widespread diffusion of false, misleading or inaccurate information about the disease and its ramifications - triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
✦ Table of Contents
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 The Emergence of COVID-19 Misinformation: Conception and Message Characteristics
3 Diffusion of Misinformation: Topological Characteristics and User Vulnerability
4 Exposure to Misinformation: Patterns and Predictors
5 Sharing Misinformation: Facilitating the Spread
6 Consequences of Exposure to Misinformation: Negative Emotions and Biased Risk Perception
7 The Antivax Phenomenon: Trust and Misinformation
8 The Cognitive Outcomes of Misinformation: Misbeliefs and Knowledge
9 Swamped: Misinformation and Information Overload
10 Fighting Back: Citizen Actions to Combat Misinformation
11 Modeling the Dynamic Process and Adverse Effects of Misinformation
12 An Asian Perspective on Combating Misinformation: What Have We Learned?
Appendices
Index
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