Where We Go From Here: Health Misinformation on Social Media

Affiliations

¹ Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou is with the Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD. Anna Gaysynsky is with the Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute and ICF Next, Rockville, MD. Joseph N. Cappella is with the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou and Anna Gaysynsky are also guest editors for this supplement issue.

Editorial

Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou et al. Am J Public Health. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;110(S3):S273-S275.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305905.

¹ Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou is with the Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD. Anna Gaysynsky is with the Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute and ICF Next, Rockville, MD. Joseph N. Cappella is with the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou and Anna Gaysynsky are also guest editors for this supplement issue.

No abstract available

Figures

1. Vosoughi S, Roy D, Aral S. The spread of true and false news online. Science. 2018;359(6380):1146–1151. doi: 10.1126/science.aap9559. - DOI - PubMed
1. Broniatowski DA, Jamison AM, Qi S et al. Weaponized health communication: Twitter bots and Russian trolls amplify the vaccine debate. Am J Public Health. 2018;108(10):1378–1384. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304567. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Gage-Bouchard EA, LaValley S, Warunek M, Beaupin LK, Mollica M. Is cancer information exchanged on social media scientifically accurate? J Cancer Educ. 2018;33(6):1328–1332. doi: 10.1007/s13187-017-1254-z. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Bode L, Vraga EK. In related news, that was wrong: the correction of misinformation through related stories functionality in social media. J Commun. 2015;65(4):619–638. doi: 10.1111/jcom.12166. - DOI
1. Wang Y, McKee M, Torbica A, Stuckler D. Systematic literature review on the spread of health-related misinformation on social media. Soc Sci Med. 2019;240:112552. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112552. - DOI - PMC - PubMed