Public Reaction to Covid-19 on Twitter: A Thematic Analysis

Mustafa, Akif; Ansari, Imaduddin; Mohanta, Subham; Balla, Shalem

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“…Three studies proposed that social media should be supervised by an authority or government: 10 , 19 , 26 misinformation could be addressed by the government providing more comprehensive reports on the current epidemiological situation. Three studies suggested introducing policies or regulations for social media, 20 , 27 , 29 and two mentioned the need for more research. 22 , 23 Six studies did not suggest any solutions.…”

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COVID-19-related misinformation on social media: a systematic review

Gabarrón

Oyeyemi

Wynn

2021

Bull. World Health Organ.

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Objective To review misinformation related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on social media during the first phase of the pandemic and to discuss ways of countering misinformation. Methods We searched PubMed®, Scopus, Embase®, PsycInfo and Google Scholar databases on 5 May 2020 and 1 June 2020 for publications related to COVID-19 and social media which dealt with misinformation and which were primary empirical studies. We followed the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses and the guidelines for using a measurement tool to assess systematic reviews. Evidence quality and the risk of bias of included studies were classified using the grading of recommendations assessment, development and evaluation approach. The review is registered in the international prospective register of systematic reviews (PROSPERO; CRD42020182154). Findings We identified 22 studies for inclusion in the qualitative synthesis. The proportion of COVID-19 misinformation on social media ranged from 0.2% (413/212 846) to 28.8% (194/673) of posts. Of the 22 studies, 11 did not categorize the type of COVID-19-related misinformation, nine described specific misinformation myths and two reported sarcasm or humour related to COVID-19. Only four studies addressed the possible consequences of COVID-19-related misinformation: all reported that it led to fear or panic. Conclusion Social media play an increasingly important role in spreading both accurate information and misinformation. The findings of this review may help health-care organizations prepare their responses to subsequent phases in the COVID–19 infodemic and to future infodemics in general.

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COVID-19-related misinformation on social media: a systematic review

Gabarrón

Oyeyemi

Wynn

2021

Bull. World Health Organ.

207

102

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“…Organizational Policy . Social media can be useful for communicating accurate health information during a public health crisis (Chou et al, 2018; Mustafa et al, 2020; Yuksel & Cakmak, 2020). Health services organizations can leverage these tools by implementing policies that promote communication of evidence-based information from trusted sources on social media, for example, by recording videos with accurate information about COVID-19 vaccination and posting them on social media (CDC, 2021a; Chou et al, 2018).…”

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Strategies to Address COVID-19 Vaccine and Pregnancy Myths

Berkowitz

Vann

2023

McN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) poses risks to pregnant women and their infants. The spread of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccination is a barrier to optimizing vaccination rates among women of childbearing age. We conducted an environmental scan to identify misinformation about COVID-19 vaccination, pregnancy, and fertility, and a review to identify evidence to refute misinformation and strategies to correct and prevent the spread of misinformation. Seven identified themes of misinformation are: the vaccine causes female infertility; can cause miscarriage; and can decrease male fertility; mRNA vaccines attack the placenta; pregnant and breastfeeding persons should not get the vaccine; the vaccine can change menstrual cycles; and vaccinated people can spread infertility symptoms to unvaccinated people. Strategies that can be implemented by social media platforms to help prevent misinformation spread and correct existing health misinformation include improving information regulation by modifying community standards, implementing surveillance algorithms, and applying warning labels to potentially misleading posts. Health services organizations and clinicians can implement health misinformation policies, directly recommend vaccinations, provide credible explanations and resources to debunk misinformation, educate patients and populations on spotting misinformation, and apply effective communication strategies. More research is needed to assess longer-term effects of vaccination among women of childbearing age to strengthen the defense against misinformation and to evaluate strategies that aim to prevent and correct misinformation spread about COVID-19 vaccinations.

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“…According to a current paper (Mustafa, Ansari, Mohanta & Balla, 2020) humor, although not the dominant form of public response to the pandemic, was a very noticeable trend, for example on Twitter. Moreover, in an analysis of TikTok videos that circulated under the hashtag #Corona, it was found that besides (supposedly) enlightening, informative, documentary and racist stigmatizing videos there were humorous videos among the 100 most popular clips (Ackermann, Dewitz & Makulik, 2020).…”

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Humorous Audio-Visual Lockdown Works

Kiss

2021

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This article is dedicated to humorous audio-visual lockdown works—that is, to short video clips with humorous content that were produced and circulated during the first Corona lockdown in spring 2020. The exploration of the video clips takes place within an autoethnographic approach. It will be examined what kind of humor was included in the videos I received in my WhatsApp bubble. By a rough division of recurring motifs, two exemplary analyses, and research results on humor from clinical psychology, I will describe the humor as complex coping humor. A further question relates to the functions the humorous audio-visual lockdown works were equipped with within the communication space of which I, myself, was a part of. Roger Odin’s semio-pragmatic approach serves as a starting point for first reflections on the functions which the audio-visual lockdown works were able to deploy. Against the background of Odin’s concept of reading modes and communication operators, the humorous audio-visual lockdown works will be conceptualized as relational experience operators. By utilizing social psychological approaches to the study of humor, the videos will furthermore be conceptualized as stress-buffer operators. The videos were used to unleash the communicative energy necessary for the production of a relational affirmation of a shared present, for mutual relief, and for a collective buffer against stress. Finally, I discuss that the humorous audio-visual lockdown works document the positive power of humor, community building, and care and, at the same time, reference a life that is characterized by specific privileges.

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Public Reaction to Covid-19 on Twitter: A Thematic Analysis

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COVID-19-related misinformation on social media: a systematic review

COVID-19-related misinformation on social media: a systematic review

Strategies to Address COVID-19 Vaccine and Pregnancy Myths

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