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Infodemics: A new challenge for public health
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The COVID-19 information epidemic, or "infodemic," demonstrates how unlimited access to information may confuse and influence behaviors during a health emergency. However, the study of infodemics is relatively new, and little is known about their relationship with epidemics management. Here, we discuss unresolved issues and propose research directions to enhance preparedness for future health crises.
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- Authors
- Briand, S. C., Cinelli, M., Nguyen, T., Lewis, R., Prybylski, D., Valensise, C. M., Colizza, V., Tozzi, A. E., Perra, N., Baronchelli, A., Tizzoni, M., Zollo, F., Scala, A., Purnat, T., Czerniak, C., Kucharski, A. J., Tshangela, A., Zhou, L., & Quattrociocchi, W.
- Affiliations
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Ca' Foscari University of Venice (IT)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi (IT)
- Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital (IT)
- University of Greenwich (GB)
- City, University of London (GB)
- Institute for Scientific Interchange (IT)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ET)
- Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Quattrociocchi, Walter
- ORCID
- Venue
- Cell
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-12
- Volume
- 184
- Issue
- 25
- Pages
- 6010-6014
- ISSN
- 0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8656270
- OpenAlex
- W4200373446
- Cited by
- 125
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 23
- FWCI
- 28.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/ (vor, 373 d)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-017 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-037 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-012 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-029 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-004 (stm-asf)
- Locations
- Cell (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Greenwich Academic Literature Archive (University of Greenwich) (acceptedVersion)
- IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Iris (University of Trento) (submittedVersion)
- ARCA (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia) (submittedVersion)
- Queen Mary Research Online (Queen Mary University of London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- World Health Organization
- Fondazione CRT
- Wellcome Trust (206250/Z/17/Z)
- Institute for Scientific Interchange
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Social Sciences › Communication › Communication and COVID-19 Impact
- Social Sciences › Communication › Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Keywords
- infodemic, COVID-19 pandemic, health misinformation, health emergency preparedness, epidemic control, public health communication, health behavior
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Infodemic, Humans, Public Health, Research, Information Dissemination, Epidemics
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