Addressing the spread of health-related misinformation on social networks
- This article deals with the spread of misinformation in a general context and specifically in the health sector. It presents a theoretical view of the problem and analyzes its characteristics with a focus on medicine and mainly rheumatology. Finally, conclusions from the previous analysis are formulated as well as suggestions for reducing the dimensions of the problem in the health sector.
| Author: | Maria PolyzouGND, David KieferORCiDGND, Xenofon BaraliakosORCiDGND, Philipp SewerinGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-109777 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1167033 |
| Parent Title (English): | Frontiers in medicine |
| Subtitle (English): | an opinion article |
| Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
| Place of publication: | Lausanne |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2024/03/04 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2023/05/02 |
| Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
| Tag: | Open Access Fonds COVID-19; health sector; misinformation; rheumatology; social networks |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Issue: | Article 1167033 |
| First Page: | 1167033-01 |
| Last Page: | 1167033-05 |
| Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
| Institutes/Facilities: | Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / Medizin, Gesundheit |
| open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
