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Health-protective behaviour, social media usage and conspiracy belief during the COVID-19 public health emergency
Psychological Medicine · 2020 · Vol. 51(10) · pp. 1763–1769
Daniel Allington✉(King's College London)Bobby Duffy(King's College London)Simon Wessely(King's College London)Nayana Dhavan(King's College London)James Henry Rubin(King's College London)
Abstract
When used as an information source, unregulated social media may present a health risk that is partly but not wholly reducible to their role as disseminators of health-related conspiracy beliefs.
Misinformation and Its ImpactsVaccine Coverage and HesitancyHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionMisinformationSocial mediaCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Health belief modelPsychologySocial psychologyPublic healthEnvironmental healthMedicineHealth education
MeSH terms
Online Social NetworkingCOVID-19AdultEmergenciesFemaleUnited KingdomHumansHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeMalePublic HealthSurveys and QuestionnairesHealth BehaviorConsumer Health InformationInformation Seeking BehaviorSocial Media
Funding
- National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- University of East Anglia
- King's College London
- Public Health England
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