COVID-19-related online misinformation in Bangladesh

Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed

doi:10.1108/jhr-09-2020-0414

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“…Third, analysis with a larger dataset or more cases of misinformation might produce different results. Also, unlike the present study, most of the previous studies on COVID-19 misinformation dealt with misinformation claims and contents ( Al-Zaman, 2021b ; Brennen et al., 2020 ; Sutaria, 2020 ). Finally, this study is unable to collect and analyze the sociodemographic information of the users because (a) Facebook's account privacy often do not let such information publicly available, (b) collecting such data is time-consuming, and (c) accessing such data either manually or via API (Application Programming Interface) can potentially violate the users' right to privacy.…”

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“…Therefore, before selecting any misinformation, we checked the availability of that misinformation on Facebook through searching. Following the five most popular themes of misinformation (i.e., health, religion, politics, crime, and entertainment) ( Al-Zaman, 2021b ), we finally selected five popular and available misinformation listed on the fact-checking website: one misinformation from each theme. A few previous studies also identified popular misinformation themes.…”

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“…In practice, online COVID-19 misinformation has been claiming lives worldwide ( Coleman, 2020 ; Islam et al., 2020 ), urging scholars to investigate the relevant issues regarding COVID-19 misinformation. Although many studies have been conducted to date in the field of communication studies, psychology, and philosophy relating to the COVID-19 pandemic ( Al-Zaman, 2021b ; Casero-Ripolles, 2020 ; Cinelli et al., 2020 ; Laato et al., 2020 ; Naeem and Bhatti, 2020 ; Pennycook et al., 2020 ; Rovetta and Bhagavathula, 2020 ), none of them explored how social media users respond to different types of COVID-19 misinformation, and what their emotional expressions are when they interact with such misinformation. The present study attempted to bridge this knowledge gap a little.…”

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Social media and COVID-19 misinformation: how ignorant Facebook users are?

Al-Zaman¹

2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed a lot of lives around the world, not only with the virus but also with misinformation. Many researchers have investigated COVID-19 misinformation, but none of them was related to social media users' diverse responses to different types of COVID-19 misinformation, which could be a timely exploration. To bridge this gap in scholarly literature, the present study based on 11,716 comments from 876 Facebook posts on five COVID-19 misinformation seeks to answer two relevant research questions: (a) How ignorant social media users are about misinformation? (b) How do they react to different types of misinformation? Following a quantitative content analysis method, this study produces a few novel findings. The results show that most of the users trust misinformation (60.88%), and fewer can deny (16.15%) or doubt (13.30%) the claims based on proper reasons. The acceptance of religious misinformation (94.72%) surpassed other types of misinformation. Most of the users react happily (34.50%) to misinformation: the users who accept misinformation are mostly happy (55.02%) because it may satisfy their expectations, and the users who distrust misinformation are mostly angry (44.05%) presuming it may cause harm to people. The chi-square and phi coefficient values show strong positive and significant associations between the themes, levels of ignorance, and reactions to misinformation. Some strengths, limitations, and ethical concerns of this study have also been discussed.

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Social media and COVID-19 misinformation: how ignorant Facebook users are?

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“…In Bangladesh, from the very beginning of the pandemic, a substantial amount of unawareness, rumors, and misinformation among general people about COVID-19 have been reported [ 14 ]. It is also expected that there might be considerable misinformation and hesitancy in taking COVID-19 vaccines.…”

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Knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and perceived risk about COVID-19 vaccine and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Bangladesh

Mahmud

Maqbool

Khan³

et al. 2021

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Bangladesh govt. launched a nationwide vaccination drive against SARS-CoV-2 infection from early February 2021. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccines and examine the factors associated with the acceptance in Bangladesh. In between January 30 to February 6, 2021, we conducted a web-based anonymous cross-sectional survey among the Bangladeshi general population. At the start of the survey, there was a detailed consent section that explained the study’s intent, the types of questions we would ask, the anonymity of the study, and the study’s voluntary nature. The survey only continued when a respondent consented, and the answers were provided by the respondents themselves. The multivariate logistic regression was used to identify the factors that influence the acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccination. A total of 605 eligible respondents took part in this survey (population size 1630046161 and required sample size 591) with an age range of 18 to 100. A large proportion of the respondents are aged less than 50 (82%) and male (62.15%). The majority of the respondents live in urban areas (60.83%). A total of 61.16% (370/605) of the respondents were willing to accept/take the COVID-19 vaccine. Among the accepted group, only 35.14% showed the willingness to take the COVID-19 vaccine immediately, while 64.86% would delay the vaccination until they are confirmed about the vaccine’s efficacy and safety or COVID-19 becomes deadlier in Bangladesh. The regression results showed age, gender, location (urban/rural), level of education, income, perceived risk of being infected with COVID-19 in the future, perceived severity of infection, having previous vaccination experience after age 18, having higher knowledge about COVID-19 and vaccination were significantly associated with the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines. The research reported a high prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine refusal and hesitancy in Bangladesh. To diminish the vaccine hesitancy and increase the uptake, the policymakers need to design a well-researched immunization strategy to remove the vaccination barriers. To improve vaccine acceptance among people, false rumors and misconceptions about the COVID-19 vaccines must be dispelled (especially on the internet) and people must be exposed to the actual scientific facts.

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“…The increasing number of Internet users and the spread of online misinformation about vaccines, which has become a global phenomenon, is recognized as a major threat. This problem is particularly widespread in countries in which communication is less efficient and reliable information flow is not ensured (Al-Zaman, 2020). The World Health Organization has announced that the rejection of vaccines and hesitation in getting them are the main threats to global health.…”

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Possible Discrimination in the Workspace Following Acceptance or Rejection of COVID-19 Vaccination – Opinions of Hungarian Employees

Poór

Jenei²,

Szalai

2021

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Hungary is proud of Katalin Karikó, who was born in Hungary and educated at the University of Szeged, including a doctorate level. Later she moved to the United States where gained many practical experiences at several renowned universities as a professor. She has played a key role in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. Their opinions are influenced by their political views, religious backgrounds, life experiences, and the country’s turbulent historical past; citizens fear various discriminatory measures. In the first part of our research, the importance of vaccinations and the Hungarian and European regulations are described. In the second section, we demonstrate that sometimes discrimination can be legal. The third part discusses the quantitative research that was conducted about the expected discrimination that can be considered legitimate or illegal. Our opinions are related to foreign travel and the activity of human resource management

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COVID-19-related online misinformation in Bangladesh

Cited by 23 publications

References 17 publications

Social media and COVID-19 misinformation: how ignorant Facebook users are?

Social media and COVID-19 misinformation: how ignorant Facebook users are?

Knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and perceived risk about COVID-19 vaccine and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Bangladesh

Possible Discrimination in the Workspace Following Acceptance or Rejection of COVID-19 Vaccination – Opinions of Hungarian Employees

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