Call for papers - Infodemics

Call for papers - #Infodemics
Submission Deadline: 5 January 2026
Where: BMC Medical Research Methodology
On what? The impact of rapid spread of either accurate or misleading information on medical research during #PublicHealth crises, which can become a critical challenge in #GlobalHealth

currently in heavy rotation: #infodemics #SongSoHee #Goddess
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM8n...

Association Between X/Twitter and Prescribing Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Ecological Study Background: Social media has become a vital tool for health care providers to quickly share information. However, its lack of content curation and expertise poses risks of misinformation and premature...

This is an interesting study, performing a Granger causality analysis to show the association between behavior in the physical world and #infodemics in the digital world.

Not the definitive proof, but we need studies like this one.

#disinformation #CompSocSky

infodemiology.jmir.org/2024/1/e56675

“What is the source?”

A vital question in the #infodemics plagued world.

A short film by @pnas.org with @pulitzercenter.bsky.social

Disinformation enabled Donald Trump’s second term and is a crisis for democracies everywhere Disinformation is the new normal with far reaching implications for society, including population health. Martin McKee and colleagues outline the challenges and propose a way forward Donald Trump did...

#Infodemics and #prebunking.

Our new world requires a new vocabulary…

Essential reading for anyone who cares about #science and #medicine.

www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Working groups - Forum on Information & Democracy Working groups gathered by the Forum are mandated to addr...

And for more on @Forum_InfoD's other working group, on #Infodemics (a hard act to follow), and led by co-chairs @mariaressa & @MarietjeSchaake and Lead Rapporteur @DelphineHalgand, see here:

informationdemocracy.org/working-groups/concrete-...

Ecco, sta succedendo negli States

The #WHO called it the new #coronavirus “massive infodemics”. #SocialMedia abundance of info as well as usual allowing amplifying of #disinformation and #misinformation to spread and flourish helping fueling #anxiety and #racism

#infodemics