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Everything about Infodemic
Rapid spread of accurate and inaccurate information
An infodemic is a rapid and far-reaching spread of both accurate and inaccurate information about certain issues. The word is a portmanteau of information and epidemic and is used as a metaphor to describe how misinformation and disinformation can spread like a virus from person to person and affect people like a disease. This term, originally coined in 2003 by David Rothkopf, rose to prominence in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: InfodemicA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A Deadly Infodemic: Social Media and the Power of COVID-19 MisinformationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Impact of Infodemic on Organizational PerformanceThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: How to fight an infodemicCited 1,935 times
- Go sideways: InfoveillanceA closely related topic
- Go sideways: InfodemiologyA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An excessive amount of information concerning a problem such that the solution is made more difficult.
Noun A wide and rapid spread of misinformation.
Adjective Relating to infodemiology.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
How to fight an infodemic
The COVID-19 social media infodemic
COVID-19–Related Infodemic and Its Impact on Public Health: A Global Social Media Analysis
ChatGPT and the rise of large language models: the new AI-driven infodemic threat in public health
Framework for Managing the COVID-19 Infodemic: Methods and Results of an Online, Crowdsourced WHO Technical Consultation
How to Fight an Infodemic: The Four Pillars of Infodemic Management
Leveraging media and health communication strategies to overcome the COVID-19 infodemic
Corona Virus (COVID-19) “Infodemic” and Emerging Issues through a Data Lens: The Case of China
🆕 Influential since 2022
A Deadly Infodemic: Social Media and the Power of COVID-19 Misinformation
COVID-19 infodemic and digital health literacy in vulnerable populations: A scoping review
Infodemic and fake news – A comprehensive overview of its global magnitude during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021: A scoping review
Misinformation, believability, and vaccine acceptance over 40 countries: Takeaways from the initial phase of the COVID-19 infodemic
The social media Infodemic of health-related misinformation and technical solutions
📚 Books worth reading
Impact of Infodemic on Organizational PerformanceMuhammad Waseem Bari, Emilia Alaverdov · 2021- 📕InfodemicGabriele Cosentino · 2022
- 📕Infodemic DisorderGevisa La Rocca, Marie-Eve Carignan · 2022
- 📕InfodemicJoel Simon, Robert Mahoney · 2022
- 📕Infodemic in the Era of Post-TruthYan Su · 2023
- 📕Indonesia's COVID-19 InfodemicYatun Sastramidjaja · 2023
- 📕Managing Infodemics in the 21st CenturyTina D. Purnat, Tim Nguyen · 2023
- 📕Misinformation in the Digital AgeMonica Stephens, Jessie P. H. Poon · 2023
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