Addressing the spread of health-related misinformation on social networks: an opinion article

Frontiers in Medicine

Medicine

Xenofon Baraliakos¹  Maria Polyzou¹  David Kiefer¹  Philipp Sewerin² 

[1] Ruhr-University Bochum, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany;Ruhr-University Bochum, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany;Department of Rheumatology & Hiller Research Unit, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany;

关键词: misinformation;    social networks;    health sector;    rheumatology;    COVID-19;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2023.1167033

 received in 2023-02-15, accepted in 2023-04-10,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This article deals with the spread of misinformation in a general context and specifically in the health sector. It presents a theoretical view of the problem and analyzes its characteristics with a focus on medicine and mainly rheumatology. Finally, conclusions from the previous analysis are formulated as well as suggestions for reducing the dimensions of the problem in the health sector.

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