Desinformación en salud y su impacto en el desarrollo sostenible (Scopus 2017-2023)

  1. Ibáñez-Hernández, Ana 1
  2. Carreton-Ballester, María Carmen 1
  1. 1 Universitat d'Alacant
    info

    Universitat d'Alacant

    Alicante, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05t8bcz72

Revista:
Revista Internacional de Relaciones Públicas

ISSN: 2174-3681

Año de publicación: 2024

Título del ejemplar: Descubriendo los alcances de las Relaciones Públicas (Enero-Junio)

Volumen: 14

Número: 27

Páginas: 47-70

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5783/REVRRPP.V14I27.861 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista Internacional de Relaciones Públicas

Resumen

The pandemic brought with it an excess of health information, hoaxes and false news shared by any media, especially sensitive regarding treatments or vaccines. This compromises public health and creates a social problem. The literature review shows that misinformation, driven by anonymous sources and conspiracy theories, aggravates health-related problems by questioning health solutions and public health programs. Swift action to delegitimize this information is crucial because social media, while facilitating communication, also amplifies polarization and politicization, putting social and political relationships at risk. Rigorous and transparent research on this object of study is crucial to promote evidence-based knowledge to help combat misinformation. Through research, universities can contribute to empirically solving societal challenges, such as misinformation, economic or environmental, by aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this way, institutions can help researchers understand the relationship of their work to the SDGs by guiding their efforts and being accountable for how they contribute to the 2030 Agenda. In this way, they would exercise their responsibility to educate and generate knowledge to strengthen, through their scientific work, health communication and its impact on sustainability. The aim of this study is to analyze the research carried out on health disinformation, in order to ascertain its impact on sustainable development, since its implications are usually the subject of multiple research studies. The disease and the uncertainty surrounding it make the population suffering from it more vulnerable, the most logical reaction being the search for information and solutions to their problem, especially on the Internet. Regarding the methodology applied, a literature review was conducted in the Scopus database, from 2017 to 2023, analyzing 81 articles, based on the performance analysis methodology proposed by Patra et al. (2023. The search was performed from the terms "disinformation" AND "fake news" AND "Health" with the keyword filter "disinformation", "fake news", "social media", "misinformation" and "public health". The choice of this database is justified by the prior analysis of ElSevier teams to label papers, before publication, according to their contribution to the SDGs, which connects scientific production in its contribution to sustainable development. The analysis reveals a fluctuating pattern in research productivity on misinformation, with an increase until 2022 followed by a decrease in 2023. In addition, the significant presence of articles from the field of social sciences (40%) in journals indexed in Scopus, highlighting the importance of this topic in academia. The data show a growing interest in understanding and addressing misinformation from various disciplines, reflecting the complexity of the phenomenon and its multidimensional impact. Although they come from up to 25 different geographical areas, most of the authors are concentrated in Europe and particularly in Spain, showing a leadership in disinformation research especially related to the pandemic. This points to the need for international collaboration and global approaches to address this type of worldwide problem. Although health misinformation-as an object of study in academia-is related to some of the Sustainable Development Goals, its contribution to the 2030 Agenda might be questionable. Although the labels assigned in the database are scarce and do not contemplate all the SDGs, it can be concluded that the most recurrent are those that address citizenship health (SDG 3), seeking partnerships with other institutions (SDG 17). Academia should consider the impact of research on sustainability and focus on digital health and media literacy, especially targeting specific vulnerable audiences and minorities. Another area for improvement in this regard would be to strengthen international collaboration to more effectively address health misinformation in the context of the SDGs.

Referencias bibliográficas

  • Ahmad, A.R., Murad, H.R. (2020). The impact of social media on panic during the COVID-19 pandemic in iraqi kurdistan: Online questionnaire study (2020) Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(5). https://doi.org/10.2196/19556
  • Ahmed, W., Vidal-Alaball, J., Downing, J., Seguí, F.L. (2020). COVID-19 and the 5G conspiracy theory: Social network analysis of twitter data. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(5). https://doi.org/10.2196/19458
  • Alba-Hidalgo, D.; Benayas-del-Álamo, J.; Blanco-Portela, N. (2020). Cómo evaluar los ODS en las universidades (2020). Red Española para el Desarrollo Sostenible (REDS). https://tinyurl.com/yz7spsn8
  • Almansa-Martínez, A., Fernández-Torres, M.J., Rodríguez-Fernández, L. (2022). Disinformation in Spain one year after COVID-19. Analysis of the Newtral and Maldita verifications. Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, 80, 183-200. https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-2022-1538
  • Al-Zaman, M.S., Sultana, M., Ahona, K.T.S., Sife, S.A., Akbar, M., Sarkar, N. (2020). Social Media Rumors in Bangladesh. Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice, 8(3), 77-90. https://doi.org/10.1633/JISTaP.2020.8.3.6
  • Al-Zaman, M.S. (2021). Social media fake news in India. Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research, 9(1), 25-47. https://doi.org/10.15206/ajpor.2021.9.1.25
  • Badell-Grau, R.A., Cuff, J.P., Kelly, B.P., Waller-Evans, H., Lloyd-Evans, E. (2020). Investigating the Prevalence of Reactive Online Searching in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Infoveillance Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(10). https://doi.org/10.2196/19791
  • Bangalee, A., Bangalee, V. (2021). Fake news and fallacies: Exploring vaccine hesitancy in South Africa. South African Family Practice, 63(1). https://doi.org/10.4102/SAFP.V63I1.5345
  • Becker, D.A. (2021). Using Mobile Apps to Combat Fake News. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 18(1), 55-60. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri
  • Bernal-Triviño, A. (2020). Habits and feelings regarding COVID-19 news coverage during lockdown in Spain. Tripodos, 49, 169-183. https://doi.org/10.51698/tripodos.2020.49p169-183
  • Brainard, J., Hunter, P.R., Hall, I.R. (2020). An agent-based model about the effects of fake news on a norovirus outbreak. Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique, 68(2), 99-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respe.2019.12.001
  • Calvo, D., Cano-Orón, L., Llorca-Abad, G. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine disinformation on YouTube: analysis of a viewing network. Communication and Society, 35(2), 223-238. https://doi.org/10.15581/003.35.2.223-238
  • Cárcamo-Ulloa, L., Cárdenas-Neira, C., Scheihing-García, E., Sáez-Trumper, D., Vernier, M., Blaña-Romero, C. (2023). On Politics and Pandemic: How Do Chilean Media Talk about Disinformation and Fake News in Their Social Networks? Societies, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/soc13020025
  • Cardoso, A.J.C., da Silva, G.A. (2022). Fears, desires and concerns surrounding the Covid-19 syndemic and psychic suffering: university outreach experiences in the south of Bahia, Brazil. Interface: Communication, Health, Education, 26. https://doi.org/10.1590/INTERFACE.210675
  • Carrieri, V., Madio, L., Principe, F. (2019). Vaccine hesitancy and (fake) news: Quasi-experimental evidence from Italy. Health Economics (United Kingdom), 28(11), 1377-1382. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3937
  • Carson, A., Wright, S. (2022). Fake news and democracy: definitions, impact and response, Australian Journal of Political Science, 57(3), 221-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2022.2122778
  • Casad, B. J., Garasky C. E., Jancetic, T.R., Brown A. K., Franks J.E., Bach, C.R. (2022). U.S. Women faculty in the social sciences also face gender inequalities. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.792756
  • Catalán-Matamoros, D., Prada, E., Langbecker, A. (2023). Fact or fiction: An experiment on how information sources and message framing influence vaccine risk perception, Profesional de la Información, 32(5). https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2023.sep.10
  • Colmenero-Ruiz, M.-J., Paletta, F.-C., Gonzales-Aguilar, A. (2023). Interactive mapping of Covid-19 disinformation in Ibero-America. Profesional de la Información, 32(5). https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2023.sep.13
  • Cushion, S., Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M., Soo, N. (2022). (Mis)understanding the Coronavirus and How it Was Handled in the UK: An Analysis of Public Knowledge and the Information Environment. Journalism Studies, 23(5-6), 703-721. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2021.1950564
  • De Medeiros, P.M., De Medeiros, P.M. (2022). Fake news mediates the relationship between sociopolitical factors and vaccination intent in Brazil. Health Promotion International, 37(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac110
  • Dafonte-Gómez, A., Míguez-González, M.-I., Martínez-Rolán, X. (2022). The Ibero-American fact-checkers facing the COVID-19. Analysis of activity on Facebook. Observatorio, 16(1), 160-182. https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS16120221823
  • Das, R., Ahmed, W. (2022). Rethinking Fake News: Disinformation and Ideology during the time of COVID-19 Global Pandemic. IIM Kozhikode Society and Management Review, 11(1), 146-159. https://doi.org/10.1177/22779752211027382
  • Domgaard, S., Park, M. (2021). Combating misinformation: The effects of infographics in verifying false vaccine news. Health Education Journal, 80(8), 974-986. https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969211038750
  • Ebel R., Kissmann, S. (2011). Desarrollo sostenible: la investigación en un contexto intercultural, Ra Ximhai: revista científica de sociedad, cultura y desarrollo sostenible, 7(1), 69-79. https://tinyurl.com/2kfwdzct
  • Egelhofer, J.L., Boyer, M., Lecheler, S., Aaldering, L. (2022). Populist attitudes and politicians' disinformation accusations: effects on perceptions of media and politicians. Journal of Communication, 72(6), 619-632. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqac031
  • Ehrenfeld, D., Barton, M. (2019). Online Public Spheres in the Era of Fake News: Implications for the Composition Classroom. Computers and Composition, 54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2019.102525
  • Elsevier (2023). Elsevier 2023 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Mapping. https://tinyurl.com/y2ppacap
  • Elsevier (2023). ¿Qué son los objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible? https://tinyurl.com/vc3k7nra
  • Erokhina, Y. (2022). Stereotyping of the Russian Orthodox Church in Fake News in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Semiotic and Legal Analysis. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 35(3), 1187-1213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-022-09888-4
  • França, F.P., de Araújo, D.O., da Silva, M.B. (2020). The digital initiative CONVIDE-i9 in the fight against COVID-19 infodemia: brief action points, AtoZ, 9(2), 248-252. https://doi.org/10.5380/atoz.v9i2.76472
  • Fraser, S., Moore, D., Waling, A., Farrugia, A. (2021). Making epistemic citizens: Young people and the search for reliable and credible sexual health information. Social Science and Medicine, 276. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri
  • Fujita, D.M., Nali, L.H.D.S., Sartori, G.P., Galisteo, A.J., de Andrade, H.F., Jr., Luna, E.J.A. (2022). Fake news and covid-19: A concern due to the low vaccine coverage in Brazil. Saude e Sociedade, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902022210298
  • Galvão, T., Noll, P.R.E.S., Silveira, E.A., Noll, M. (2023). Fake news and misinformation in Brazil: critical analyses regarding scientific information in pandemic times. Journal of Human Growth and Development, 33(3), 493-500. https://doi.org/10.36311/JHGD.V33.14938
  • Gamir-Ríos, J., Tarullo, R. (2022). Characteristics of misinformation in social networks. Comparative study of news denounced as hoaxes in Argentina and Spain during 2020. Contratexto, 37, 203-228. https://doi.org/0.26439/contratexto2022.n037.5343
  • García-Borrego, M., Casero-Ripollés, A. (2022). What makes us vulnerable to COVID-19 fake news? A critical review of the factors conditioning susceptibility to misinformation. Estudios Sobre el Mensaje Periodistico, 28(4), 789-801. https://doi.org/10.5209/esmp.82881
  • García-Marín, D. (2020). Global infodemic: Information disorders, false narratives, and fact checking during the covid-19 crisis. Profesional de la Información, 29(4), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2020.jul.11
  • García-Marín, D., Merino-Ortego, M. (2022). Anti-science disinformation about COVID-19 spread on Twitter in Hispanic America. Cuadernos.info, 52, 24-46. https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.52.42795
  • García-Marín, D. (2022). Viralizing the truth: Predictive factors of fact-checkers’ engagement on TikTok. Profesional de la Información, 31(2). https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2022.mar.10
  • García-Marín, D. (2023). Banning fake news in health emergencies. Predictors of opinion on the control of information in Spain, Estudios Sobre el Mensaje Periodístico, 2(2), 287-300. https://doi.org/10.5209/esmp.85070
  • Gibbons, A., Carson, A. (2022). What is misinformation and disinformation? Understanding multi-stakeholders’ perspectives in the Asia Pacific. Australian Journal of Political Science, 57(3), 231-247. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2022.2122776
  • González, R.F., Rodríguez-Estrada, A., Saldierna, A.R. (2022). Mediations in disinformation that intervenes the taking of preventive measures in the face of the covid-19 health crisis. Contratexto, 38, 259-287. https://doi.org/10.26439/contratexto2022.n038.5536
  • Gradoń, K.T., Hołyst, J.A., Moy, W.R., Sienkiewicz, J., Suchecki, K. (2021). Countering misinformation: A multidisciplinary approach. Big Data and Society, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517211013848
  • Herrero-Diz, P., López-Rufino, C. (2021). Libraries fight disinformation: An analysis of online practices to help users’ generations in spotting fake news. Societies, 11(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/soc11040133
  • Herrero-Diz, P., Pérez-Escolar, M. (2022). Analysis of Hoaxes about COVID-19 Debunked by Maldita and Colombiacheck: Effects of the Infodemic on the Behavior of Society. Palabra Clave, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.5294/pacla.2022.25.1.7
  • Johnston, N. (2023). The Impact and Management of Mis/Disinformation at University Libraries in Australia. Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, 72(3), 251-269 https://doi.org/10.1080/24750158.2023.2235646
  • Kefalaki, M., Karanicolas, S. (2020). Communication’s Rough Navigations: ‘Fake’ news in a time of a global crisis (2020) Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching, 3(1), 29-41. https://doi.org/10.37074/jalt.2020.3.1.19
  • King, K. (2019). Education, digital literacy and democracy: the case of Britain’s proposed ‘exit’ from the European Union (Brexit). Asia Pacific Education Review, 20(2), 285-294. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-019-09594-0
  • Kolluri, N.L., Murthy, D. (2021). CoVerifi: A COVID-19 news verification system. Online Social Networks and Media, 22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.osnem.2021.100123
  • Lara-Navarra, P., Falciani, H., Sánchez-Pérez, E.A., Ferrer-Sapena, A. (2020). Information management in healthcare and environment: Towards an automatic system for fake news detection. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17031066
  • Leal David, H.M.S., Martínez-Riera, J.R. (2020). Fake news and small truths: A reflection on the political competence of nurses. Texto e Contexto Enfermagem, 29, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-265X-TCE-2019-0224
  • López-Borrull, A. (2022). COVID-19: 8 lessons from the First Global Infodemic that should be an opportunity for libraries. Boletim do Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra, (Extra 1), 83-103. https://doi.org/10.14195/2182-7974_extra2022_1_4
  • Losada Díaz, J.C., Rodríguez Fernández, L., Paniagua Rojano, F.J. (2020). Governmental communication and emotions in the covid-19 crisis in Spain. Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, 78, 23-40. https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-2020-1467
  • Liu, P.L., Huang, L.V. (2020). Digital Disinformation about COVID-19 and the Third-Person Effect: Examining the Channel Differences and Negative Emotional Outcomes. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 23(11), 789-793. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2020.0363
  • Macarrón Máñez, M.T., Moreno Cano, A., Díez, F. (2023). Impact of fake news on social networks during COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. Young Consumers. https://doi.org/10.1108/YC-04-2022-1514
  • Malik, A., Bashir, F., Mahmood, K. (2023). Antecedents and Consequences of Misinformation Sharing Behavior among Adults on Social Media during COVID-19. SAGE Open, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221147022
  • Mamak, K. (2021). Do we need the criminalization of medical fake news? Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 24(2), 235-245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-020-09996-7
  • Maradei, A., da Silva, E.F.P. (2021). Covid-19: Fact-checking to contain disinformation about chlorochine and hydroxychlorocchine. Estudos em Comunicacao, 32, 161-182. https://doi.org/10.25768/21.04.03.32.07
  • Martín-Neira, J.-I., Trillo-Domínguez, M., Olvera-Lobo, M.-D. (2023). Ibero-American journalism in the face of scientific disinformation: Fact-checkers’ initiatives on the social network Instagram. Profesional de la Información, 32(5). https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2023.sep.03
  • Martínez-Costa, M.P., López-Pan, F., Buslón, N., Salaverría, R. (2023). Nobody-fools-me perception: Influence of Age and Education on Overconfidence About Spotting Disinformation (2023) Journalism Practice, 17(10), 2084-2102. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2022.2135128
  • Massarani, L., Waltz, I., Leal, T., Modesto, M. (2021). Narratives about vaccination in the age of fake news: A content analysis on social networks. Saude e Sociedade, 30(2). https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902021200317
  • Mayo-Cubero, M. (2020). News sections, journalists and information sources in the journalistic coverage of crises and emergencies in Spain. Profesional de la Información, 29(2). https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2020.mar.11
  • McKee, M., Van Schalkwyk, M.C.I., Stuckler, D. (2019). The second information revolution: Digitalization brings opportunities and concerns for public health. European Journal of Public Health, 29, 3-6. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz160
  • Miskolci, R. (2023). Beyond science denialism: disinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Sociologias, 25. https://doi.org/10.1590/18070337-123090EN
  • Ovchinnikova, I.G., Ermakova, L.M., Nurbakova, D.M. (2021). Who needs the red pill: hydroxychloroquine wars on Twitter. Monitoring Obshchestvennogo Mneniya: Ekonomicheskie i Sotsial'nye Peremeny, 6, 566-583. https://doi.org/10.14515/MONITORING.2021.6.1981
  • Patra, R.K., Pandey, N., Sudarsan, D. (2023). Bibliometric analysis of fake news indexed in Web of Science and Scopus (2001-2020). Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 72(6-7), 628-647. https://doi.org/10.1108/GKMC-11-2021-0177
  • Paul, O., Yesmin, S. (2023). Rethinking the Misinformation with its Detrimental Impact on Lives: A Qualitative Approach. Science and Technology Libraries. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/0194262X.2023.2242432
  • Pedrero-Esteban, L.-M., Pérez-Escoda, A., Establés, M.-J. (2021). Brexit’s impact on Spanish media discourse: news coverage and audience reaction on Twitter. Profesional de la Información, 30(6). https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2021.nov.10
  • Pérez-Curiel, C., Molpeceres, A.M.V. (2020). Impact of political discourse on the dissemination of hoaxes about covid-19. Influence of misinformation in public and media. Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, 78, 65-97. https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-2020-1469
  • Pérez-Dasilva, J.-Á., Meso-Ayerdi, K., Mendiguren-Galdospín, T. (2020). Fake news and coronavirus: Detecting key players and trends through analysis of twitter conversations. Profesional de la Informacion, 29(3), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2020.may.08
  • Pichihua Vegas, S.P. (2022). Typology of viral misinformation content during the first months of the COVID-19 health emergency in Peru. Revista de Comunicacion, 21(2), 197-223. https://doi.org/10.26441/RC21.2-2022-A10
  • Pointon, M., Walton, G., Turner, M., Lackenby, M., Barker, J., Wilkinson, A. (2022). Information discernment and online reading behaviour: an experiment. Online Information Review. https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-02-2021-0101
  • Puig, B., Blanco-Anaya, P., Pérez-Maceira, J.J. (2021). Fake News” or Real Science? Critical Thinking to Assess Information on COVID-19 (2021) Frontiers in Education, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.646909
  • Pulido, C. M., Villarejo-Carballido, B., Redondo-Sama, G., & Gómez, A. (2020). COVID-19 infodemic: More retweets for science-based information on coronavirus than for false information. International Sociology, 35(4), 377-392. https://doi.org/10.1177/0268580920914755
  • Raquel, C.P., Ribeiro, K.G., Alencar, N.E.S., de Souza, D.F.O., Barreto, I.C.H.C., de Andrade, L.O.M. (2022). Scientific ways to confront covid-19 fake news. Saude e Sociedade, 31(4). https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902022210601en
  • Robie, D. (2022). Journalism education ‘truth’ challenges An age of growing hate, intolerance and disinformation. Pacific Journalism Review, 28(1-2), 29-46. https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v28i1and2.1240
  • Robledo, I., Jankovic, J. (2017). Media hype: Patient and scientific perspectives on misleading medical news. Movement Disorders, 32(9), 1319-1323. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.26993
  • Roger-Monzó, V., Moreno-Castro, C., Cabrera-García-Ochoa, Y. (2021). Restricted diets: analysis of the press discourse on nutrition in times of Covid-19. Profesional de la Información, 30(6). https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2021.nov.18
  • Rosa, T., Delduque, M.C., Alves, S.M.C. (2023). The COVID-19 pandemic and the fake news: a literature review. Saude e Sociedade, 32. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902023220918en
  • Rosinska, K.A. (2021). Disinformation in Poland: Thematic classification based on content analysis of fake news from 2019. Cyberpsychology, 15(4). https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2021-4-5
  • Rowe, S.B., Alexander, N. (2017). On Post-Truth, Fake News, and Trust. Nutrition Today, 52(4), 179-182. https://doi.org/10.1097/NT.0000000000000224
  • Rúas Araújo, J., Rodríguez-Martelo, T., Fontenla-Pedreira, J. (2021). Memes distribution during COVID-19 third wave. Cultura, Lenguaje y Representacion, 26, 209-227. https://doi.org/10.6035/clr.5843
  • Salaverría, R., Buslón, N., López-Pan, F., León, B., López-Goñi, I., Erviti, M.C. (2020). Disinformation in times of pandemic: Typology of hoaxes on Covid-19, Profesional de la Información, 29(3), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2020.may.15
  • SDSN (2020). Acelerando la educación para los ODS en las universidades. Una guía para universidades e instituciones de educación superior y terciaria. New York: Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). https://tinyurl.com/3rmd7d9u
  • Shobowale, O. (2021). A systematic review of the spread of information during pandemics: A case of the 2020 covid-19 virus. Journal of African Media Studies, 13(2), 221-234. https://doi.org/10.1386/jams_00045_1
  • Talabi, F.O., Ugbor, I.P., Talabi, M.J., Ugwuoke, J.C., Oloyede, D., Aiyesimoju, A.B., Ikechukwu-Ilomuanya, A.B. (2022). Effect of a social media-based counselling intervention in countering fake news on COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria. Health Promotion International, 37(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab140
  • Tan, C. (2022). Regulating disinformation on Twitter and Facebook Griffith Law Review, 31(4), 513-536. https://doi.org/10.1080/10383441.2022.2138140
  • Tan, C. (2022). The curious case of regulating false news on Google (2022) Computer Law and Security Review, 46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2022.105738
  • Tarullo, R., Gamir-Ríos, J. (2022). Scare to destabilise: disinformation about COVID-19 in Argentina and Spain. Cuadernos.info, 52, 47-68. https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.52.42915
  • Teixeira, J., Martins, A. (2022). Thematic Patterns of Disinformation about COVID-19: The Framing of Checks in the Fato ou Fake and Lupa Agencies. Journalism and Media, 3(1), 27-39. https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia3010003
  • Thelwall, M., Abdoli, M., Lebiedziewicz, A., Bailey, C. (2020). Gender disparities in uk re-search publishing: differences between fields, methods and topics. Profesional de la información, 29(4), https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2020.jul.15
  • Valera-Ordaz, L., Doménech-Beltrán, J. (2020). Socio-demographic profile and political attitudes of groups for and against limiting the free circulation of information during the pandemic, Profesional de la Información, 29(6), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2020.nov.16
  • Visconti, A. (2020). The ‘fake news’ phenomenon: some criminological and criminal policy considerations. JUS Rivista di Scienze Giuridiche, 1, 43-72. https://doi.org/10.26350/004084_000051
  • Vysakh, C., Babu, H.R. (2022). Misinfodemic and Cyberchondria Experiences among Indians During COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Information Science and Management, 20(3), 257-276. https://tinyurl.com/28r8sjd2
  • Wong, C.M.L., Wu, Y. (2023). Limits to inoculating against the risk of fake news: a replication study in Singapore during COVID-19 (2023) Journal of Risk Research, 26(10), 1037-1052. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2023.2249909