Dynamics of social corrections to peers sharing COVID-19 misinformation on WhatsApp in Brazil | Zendy

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Dynamics of social corrections to peers sharing COVID-19 misinformation on WhatsApp in Brazil

Author(s) -

Santosh Vijaykumar,

Daniel Rogerson,

Yan Jin,

Mariella Silva de Oliveira Costa

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of the american medical informatics association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1527-974X

pISSN - 1067-5027

DOI - 10.1093/jamia/ocab219

Subject(s) - misinformation , communication source , covid-19 , social media , educational attainment , psychology , literacy , population , health literacy , internet privacy , medicine , political science , computer science , environmental health , health care , world wide web , computer security , telecommunications , pedagogy , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law

Online COVID-19 misinformation is a serious concern in Brazil, home to the second-largest WhatsApp user base and the second-highest number of COVID-19 deaths. We examined the extent to which WhatsApp users might be willing to correct their peers who might share COVID-19 misinformation.

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