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Social media misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on public mental health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

M. Alvarez-Mon

Abstract

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Social Media Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts on Public Mental Health

Introduction

Some behavioral measures such as handwashing, masking or social distancing are among the most effective tools to combat COVID-19 pandemic.

Objectives

Describe the extent to which major media outlets in the United States and Spain have tweeted about COVID-19 health related behaviors, and determine if differences exist between major media outlets in the two countries.

Methods

We analyzed contents posted on Twitter by 25 major media outlet’s (15 from USA and 10 from Spain) about COVID health related behaviors (HRB). News content were analyzed and classified as well as Twitter users’ reactions.

Results

Masking and quarantine were the HRB that generated most of the tweets. However, we found differences between media outlets in the two countries. Twitter user´s engaged more with tweets posted by USA media. Most of the tweets describing HRB from the general population were consistent with CDC/WHO guidelines.

Conclusions

Understanding the public view of these HRB is necessary to design promotional strategies aimed at the appropriate population.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

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TwitterCOVID
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S39
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