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COVID-19 resulted in an infodemic, which could erode public trust, impedevirus containment, and outlive the pandemic itself. The evolving and fragmentedmedia landscape is a key driver of the spread of misinformation. Usingmisinformation identified by the fact-checking platform by Tencent and posts onWeibo, our results showed that the evolution of misinformation follows anissue-attention cycle, pertaining to topics such as city lockdown, cures, andpreventions, and school reopening. Sources of authority weigh in on thesetopics, but their influence is complicated by peoples' pre-existing beliefs andcultural practices. Finally, social media has a complicated relationship withestablished or legacy media systems. Sometimes they reinforce each other, butin general, social media may have a topic cycle of its own making. Our findingsshed light on the distinct characteristics of misinformation during theCOVID-19 and offer insights into combating misinformation in China and acrossthe world at large.

Analysis of misinformation during the COVID-19 outbreak in China: cultural, social and political entanglements