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Emily K. Vraga | Zendy; Melissa Tully | Zendy; Leticia Bode | Zendy

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Empowering Users to Respond to Misinformation about Covid-19

Author(s) -

Emily K. Vraga,

Melissa Tully,

Leticia Bode

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

media and communication

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.804

H-Index - 19

ISSN - 2183-2439

DOI - 10.17645/mac.v8i2.3200

Subject(s) - misinformation , social media , covid-19 , pandemic , public relations , quality (philosophy) , internet privacy , literacy , information literacy , psychology , media literacy , health literacy , political science , sociology , media studies , computer science , medicine , health care , pedagogy , philosophy , disease , epistemology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law

The World Health Organization has declared that misinformation shared on social media about Covid-19 is an “infodemic” that must be fought alongside the pandemic itself. We reflect on how news literacy and science literacy can provide a foundation to combat misinformation about Covid-19 by giving social media users the tools to identify, consume, and share high-quality information. These skills can be put into practice to combat the infodemic by amplifying quality information and actively correcting misinformation seen on social media. We conclude by considering the extent to which what we know about these literacies and related behaviors can be extended to less-researched areas like the Global South.

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