Social media news use and COVID-19 misinformation engagement: survey study

Social media news use and COVID-19 misinformation engagement: survey study

Social media is widely used as a source of news and information regarding COVID-19. However, the abundance of misinformation on social media platforms has raised concerns regarding the spreading infodemic. Accordingly, many have questioned the utility and impact of social media news use on users...

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Main Authors: Saifuddin Ahmed, Muhammad Ehab Rasul
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
Subjects:
Social sciences::Communication
COVID-19
Misinformation
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/167041
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1670412023-05-14T15:32:55Z Social media news use and COVID-19 misinformation engagement: survey study Saifuddin Ahmed Muhammad Ehab Rasul Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Social sciences::Communication COVID-19 Misinformation Social media is widely used as a source of news and information regarding COVID-19. However, the abundance of misinformation on social media platforms has raised concerns regarding the spreading infodemic. Accordingly, many have questioned the utility and impact of social media news use on users' engagement with (mis)information. Nanyang Technological University Published version The work was supported by Nanyang Technological University’s Start Up Grant. 2023-05-10T03:01:13Z 2023-05-10T03:01:13Z 2022 Journal Article Saifuddin Ahmed & Muhammad Ehab Rasul (2022). Social media news use and COVID-19 misinformation engagement: survey study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(9), e38944-. https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/38944 1438-8871 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/167041 10.2196/38944 36067414 2-s2.0-85138458987 9 24 e38944 en NTU-SUG Journal of Medical Internet Research © Saifuddin Ahmed, Muhammad Ehab Rasul. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (https://www.jmir.org), 20.09.2022. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included. application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
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Singapore
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topic Social sciences::Communication
COVID-19
Misinformation
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COVID-19
Misinformation
Saifuddin Ahmed
Muhammad Ehab Rasul
Social media news use and COVID-19 misinformation engagement: survey study
description Social media is widely used as a source of news and information regarding COVID-19. However, the abundance of misinformation on social media platforms has raised concerns regarding the spreading infodemic. Accordingly, many have questioned the utility and impact of social media news use on users' engagement with (mis)information.
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Muhammad Ehab Rasul
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Muhammad Ehab Rasul
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title Social media news use and COVID-19 misinformation engagement: survey study
title_short Social media news use and COVID-19 misinformation engagement: survey study
title_full Social media news use and COVID-19 misinformation engagement: survey study
title_fullStr Social media news use and COVID-19 misinformation engagement: survey study
title_full_unstemmed Social media news use and COVID-19 misinformation engagement: survey study
title_sort social media news use and covid-19 misinformation engagement: survey study
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