Open AccessThe Impact of the COVID-19 “Infodemic” on Well-Being: A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Iffat Elbarazi,
Basema Saddik,
Michal Grivna,
Faisal Aziz,
Deena Elsori,
Émmanuel Stip,
Enes Bendak
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s346930
Subject(s) - misinformation , social media , covid-19 , cross sectional study , pandemic , anxiety , health literacy , psychology , medicine , arabic , mental health , medical education , family medicine , health care , computer science , psychiatry , political science , world wide web , linguistics , philosophy , computer security , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
The COVID-19 pandemic created a crisis in the world of information and digital literacy. The amount of misinformation surrounding COVID-19 that has circulated through social media (SM) since January 2020 is notably significant and has been linked to rising levels of anxiety and fear amongst SM users.