The pandemic of social media panic travels faster than the COVID-19 outbreak

Anneliese Depoux; Sam Martin; Emilie Karafillakis; Raman Preet; Annelies Wilder‐Smith; Heidi J. Larson

doi:10.1093/jtm/taaa031

Abstract

We need to rapidly detect and respond to public rumours, perceptions, attitudes and behaviours around COVID-19 and control measures. The creation of an interactive platform and dashboard to provide real-time alerts of rumours and concerns about coronavirus spreading globally would enable public health officials and relevant stakeholders to respond rapidly with a proactive and engaging narrative that can mitigate misinformation.

Keywords

MisinformationPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Social mediaMedicineDashboardOutbreak2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPublic healthNarrativeSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Internet privacyCoronavirusPublic relationsPerceptionVirologyComputer securityNursingData scienceWorld Wide WebPolitical sciencePsychology

Affiliated Institutions

Related Publications

The novel coronavirus (COVID-2019) outbreak: Amplification of public health consequences by media exposure.

Dana Rose Garfin , Roxane Cohen Silver , E. Alison Holman

The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-2019) has led to a serious outbreak of often severe respiratory disease, which originated in China and has quickly become a global pandemic, wi...

2020 Health Psychology 1261 citations

The impact of communications about swine flu (influenza A H1N1v) on public responses to the outbreak: results from 36 national telephone surveys in the UK.

GJ Rubin , Henry Potts , Susan Michie

During the swine flu outbreak, uptake rates for protective behaviours and likely acceptance rates for vaccination were low. One reason for this may in part be explained by was t...

2010 Health Technology Assessment 447 citations

Coronavirus Infections—More Than Just the Common Cold

Catharine I. Paules , Hilary D. Marston , Anthony S. Fauci

In this Viewpoint Anthony Fauci and colleagues review the emergence of pathogenic human coronaviruses (SARS-Cov and MERS-CoV) as background for discussing a rapidly spreading no...

2020 JAMA 2231 citations

Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement on Eating Behaviour and Physical Activity: Results of the ECLB-COVID19 International Online Survey

Achraf Ammar , Michael Brach , Khaled Trabelsi +53 more

Background: Public health recommendations and governmental measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in numerous restrictions on daily living including social distanci...

2020 Nutrients 2027 citations

The outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus and its impact on global mental health

Júlio Torales , Marcelo O’Higgins , João Maurício Castaldelli-Maia +1 more

Background: The current outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus infection among humans in Wuhan (China) and its spreading around the globe is heavily impacting on the global health and...

2020 International Journal of Social Psych... 3036 citations

Publication Info

Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 27
Issue: 3
Citations: 1091
Access: Closed

External Links

View on DOI.org

Social Impact

Altmetric

The pandemic of social media panic travels faster than the COVID-19 outbreak

PlumX Metrics

Social media, news, blog, policy document mentions

Citation Metrics

1091

OpenAlex

Cite This

APA Style

                            
                                
                                    Anneliese Depoux, 
                                
                                    Sam Martin, 
                                
                                    Emilie Karafillakis
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            The pandemic of social media panic travels faster than the COVID-19 outbreak. 
                            Journal of Travel Medicine
                            , 27
                            (3)
                            .
                            https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaa031
                        

Identifiers

DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa031