COVID-19, a Pandemic Accompanied by Infodemia
Fake news usually appeals to alleged interesting, alarming, or shocking news, which favors them to spread 10% faster than authentic news and allows them to do it with great virulence and speed. Identifying fake news and knowing how to counteract it with evidence-based analysis and data is the challe...
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Panamerican League of Associations of Rheumatology (PANLAR)
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| description | Fake news usually appeals to alleged interesting, alarming, or shocking news, which favors them to spread 10% faster than authentic news and allows them to do it with great virulence and speed. Identifying fake news and knowing how to counteract it with evidence-based analysis and data is the challenge nowadays, when the world is updated through the internet and, in some cases, maybe saturated with information and misinformation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f0d0447b357e4ab0aa13e6ecb04a61072022-12-21T18:51:52ZengPanamerican League of Associations of Rheumatology (PANLAR)Global Rheumatology2709-55332020-06-01210.46856/grp.26.e029COVID-19, a Pandemic Accompanied by InfodemiaEstefania Fajardo 0Global Rheumatology Fake news usually appeals to alleged interesting, alarming, or shocking news, which favors them to spread 10% faster than authentic news and allows them to do it with great virulence and speed. Identifying fake news and knowing how to counteract it with evidence-based analysis and data is the challenge nowadays, when the world is updated through the internet and, in some cases, maybe saturated with information and misinformation. https://globalrheumpanlar.org/articulo/covid-19-una-pandemia-acompanada-de-infodemia-223?language=enfake newscovid 19rheumatologymedicinefact checking |
| spellingShingle | Estefania Fajardo COVID-19, a Pandemic Accompanied by Infodemia Global Rheumatology fake news covid 19 rheumatology medicine fact checking |
| title | COVID-19, a Pandemic Accompanied by Infodemia |
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| title_short | COVID-19, a Pandemic Accompanied by Infodemia |
| title_sort | covid 19 a pandemic accompanied by infodemia |
| topic | fake news covid 19 rheumatology medicine fact checking |
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