Health-related misinformation in social networks

Espinoza-Portilla E.; Mazuelos-Cardoza C. · Revista Cubana de Informacion en Ciencias de la Salud (2020) · DOI: 10.36512/rcics.v31i2.1498

Resumen

Wrong information in social networks may have adverse effects on public health. Therefore, an imperative need for public health nowadays is to timely identify and mitigate (when advisable) wrong health-related information in the social networks. The paper describes health-related misinformation and its consequences, highlights select research lines about health-related misinformation, and discusses the need for collaborative, multi-agency and interdisciplinary work to face health-related misinformation.

Instituciones: Universidad ESAN; Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión