Abuse of social media duringCOVID-19 pandemic in Fiji.
Int J Surg
; 92: 106012, 2021 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1358234
ABSTRACT
The spread of misinformation, facilitated by social media and other digital platforms, has proven to be as destructive to global public health as the SARS-CoV-2 virus itself. Fake news adds challenges to human communication efforts, producing tension, misunderstanding, and disbelief. While social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Viber, etc. have provided a huge relief during the lockdown helping reduce mental stress and depression as well as facilitating online education, and work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has also raised concerns over the spread of fake news. In such a situation, online fake news poses a new threat to public health communication as more people now depend on the internet to get health-related information. In response, this study seeks to understand how manipulation of news on social media has posed a threat to Fijian public health. Eventually, some of these have resulted in police investigations.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pandemics
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Social Media
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COVID-19
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Deception
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Int J Surg
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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