Framework for Managing the COVID-19 Infodemic: Methods and Results of an Online, Crowdsourced WHO Technical Consultation

BackgroundAn infodemic is an overabundance of information—some accurate and some not—that occurs during an epidemic. In a similar manner to an epidemic, it spreads between humans via digital and physical information systems. It makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sou...

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Main Authors: Tangcharoensathien, Viroj, Calleja, Neville, Nguyen, Tim, Purnat, Tina, D’Agostino, Marcelo, Garcia-Saiso, Sebastian, Landry, Mark, Rashidian, Arash, Hamilton, Clayton, AbdAllah, Abdelhalim, Ghiga, Ioana, Hill, Alexandra, Hougendobler, Daniel, van Andel, Judith, Nunn, Mark, Brooks, Ian, Sacco, Pier Luigi, De Domenico, Manlio, Mai, Philip, Gruzd, Anatoliy, Alaphilippe, Alexandre, Briand, Sylvie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of Medical Internet Research
Online Access:http://www.jmir.org/2020/6/e19659/