A Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics: Methods and Results of the First WHO Infodemiology Conference

Calleja, Neville; AbdAllah, Abdelhalim; Abad, Neetu; Ahmed, Naglaa; Albarracín, Dolores; Altieri, Elena; Ngoundoung Anoko, Julienne; Arcos, Rubén; Anis Azlan, Arina; Bayer, Judit; Bechmann, Anja; Bezbaruah, Supriya; Briand, Sylvie; Brooks, Ian; M. Bucci, Lucie; Burzo, Stefano; Czerniak, Christine; De Domenico, Manlio; G. Dunn, Adam; K. H. Ecker, Ullrich; Espinosa, Laura; François, Camille; Gradoń, Kacper; Gruzd, Anatoliy; Sultan Gülgün, Beste; Haydarov, Rustam; Hurley, Cherstyn; Indra Astuti, Santi; Ishizumi, Atsuyoshi; F. Johnson, Neil; Johnson Restrepo, Dylan; Kajimoto, Masato; Koyuncu, Aybüke; Kulkarni, Shibani; Lamichhane, Jaya; Lewis, Rosamund; Mahajan, Avichal; Mandil, Ahmed; McAweeney, Erin; Messer, Melanie; R. Moy, Wesley; Ndumbi Ngamala, Patricia; Nguyen, Tim; Nunn, Mark; B. Omer, Saad; Pagliari, Claudia; Patel, Palak; Phuong, L; Prybylski, Dimitri; Rashidian, Arash; Rempel, Emily; Rubinelli, Sara; Luigi Sacco, Pier; Schneider, Anton; Shu, Kai; Smith, Melanie; Sufehmi, Harry; Tangcharoensathien, Viroj; Terry, Robert; Thacker, Naveen; Trewinnard, Tom; Turner, Shannon; Tworek, Heidi; Uakkas, Saad; K. Vraga, Emily; Wardle, Claire; Wasserman, Herman; Wilhelm, Elisabeth; Würz, Andrea; Yau, Brian; Zhou, Lei; D Purnat, Tina

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A Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics: Methods and Results of the First WHO Infodemiology Conference

Published in JMIR Infodemiology • Aug 23, 2021

Authors:

Neville Calleja

Abdelhalim AbdAllah

Neetu Abad

Abstract

BACKGROUND: An infodemic is an overflow of information of varying quality that surges across digital and physical environments during an acute public health event. It leads to confusion, risk-taking, and behaviors that can harm health and lead to erosion of trust in health authorities and public hea...

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Political science

Public health

Management science

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