Effects of misinformation on COVID-19 individual responses and recommendations for resilience of disastrous consequences of misinformation

The proliferation of misinformation on social media platforms is faster than the spread of Corona Virus Diseases (COVID-19) and it can generate hefty deleterious consequences on health amid a disaster like COVID-19. Drawing upon research on the stimulus-response theory (hypodermic needle theory) and...

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Main Authors: Zapan Barua, Sajib Barua, Salma Aktar, Najma Kabir, Mingze Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Progress in Disaster Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590061720300569