ArticleScientific reports2020
The COVID-19 social media infodemic.
Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05702008 (Social Media as an Information, Education and Communication Tool for Rabies Prevention), which is not on this map. Cited by 594 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Social Media as an Information, Education and Communication Tool for Rabies Prevention: An Interventional Study
Who cites it
594 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Older adults and online health misinformation: a systematic literature review.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Telepsychology and digital mental health communication: an exploratory mixed-methods study of tikTok content.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Pooled it
- Facilitators and barriers to vaccination uptake in pregnancy: A qualitative systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Sustainable Smart Cities-Social Media Platforms and Their Role in Community Neighborhood Resilience-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Participant engagement with a short, wordless, animated video on COVID-19 prevention: a multi-site randomized trial.Health promotion international · 2023Trial
- Social Media Use and Health: What We Have Known So Far, and What We Need to Investigate in the Future.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Modeling infodemics on a global scale: A 30 countries study using epidemiological and social listening data.PNAS nexus · 2026Article
- Factors Associated With Nurses' Self-Reported Susceptibility to Online Health Misinformation: Evidence From Greece.International nursing review · 2026Observational
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- AI-Driven Approaches for the Detection, Classification, and Surveillance of Viral Pathogens: Current Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- How Heuristic Credibility Cues Shape Perceived Credibility on Social Media: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Research.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Analysis of Water Fluoridation Debates on Meta Platforms Using Advanced Machine Learning Approaches.JDR clinical and translational research · 2026Article
- Mapping risk communication practices in public health emergencies: a scoping review and comparison with Italian regional pandemic plans.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Emerging Viral Zoonoses: Epidemiology, Vaccination Strategies, and Implications for Global Public Health.Vaccines · 2026Review
- Modernizing public health surveillance for global health security leveraging AI.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Review
- Social Context Considerations for Future HIV Vaccine Introduction and Implementation.Vaccines · 2026Review
- The Digital Exposome: A Life Course Framework for Health in the Digital Age.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Social connection and cognitive health: A review of concepts, measures, and research priorities.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Review
534 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
We address the diffusion of information about the COVID-19 with a massive data analysis on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit and Gab. We analyze engagement and interest in the COVID-19 topic and provide a differential assessment on the evolution of the discourse on a global scale for each platform and their users. We fit information spreading with epidemic models characterizing the basic reproduction number [Formula: see text] for each social media platform. Moreover, we identify information spreading from questionable sources, finding different volumes of misinformation in each platform. However, information from both reliable and questionable sources do not present different spreading patterns. Finally, we provide platform-dependent numerical estimates of rumors' amplification.
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