Abstract:
The COVID19 pandemic has unfolded along side what the World Health Organization has termed an “infodemic” of misinformation. This study identifies and analyzes the most prominent topics of COVID related misinformation that emerged in traditional media between January 1 and May 26,2020 based on a total sample of over 38 million articles published in English-language media around the world. To our knowledge, our analysis is the first comprehensive survey of the traditional and online media landscape on this issue. We found that media mentions of US President Donald Trump within the context of COVID-19 misinformation made up by far the largest share of the infodemic. Trump mentions comprised 37.9% of the overall misinformation conversation, well ahead of any other topics. We conclude that the President of the United States was likely the largest driver of the COVID-19 misinformation “infodemic”. Only 16.4% of the misinformation conversation was “fact-checking” in nature, suggesting that the majority of COVID misinformation is conveyed by the media without question or correction.
subee, MSN, CRNA
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There are tens of millions of people voting for Biden who aren't very enthused about it, but isn't that a true of almost all elections? What is is specifically you believe that makes Biden socialistic? Do you want to get rid of Medicare and Social Security, both programs which are popular and based on the concept if every citizen donating to the common good which distributes that good in an equal manner. Do you really lump him into the category of Hugo Chavez or Maduro?