Exploring the Spread of COVID-19 Misinformation on Twitter

EasyChair Preprint 6009

3 pages•Date: July 4, 2021

Gautam Kishore Shahi and Tim A. Majchrzak

Abstract

In this study, we investigated the spread of misinformation by analyzing the authors, content and propagation of infodemic on Twitter. Using data from over 92 professional fact-checking organizations united as the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) from January to July 2020, we analyzed 1,500 false and partially false tweets that spread misinformation.

Keyphrases: COVID-19, Diffusion of misinformation, Twitter, infodemic, misinformation, social media

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https://easychair.org/publications/preprint/QNqQ

BibTeX entry

BibTeX does not have the right entry for preprints. This is a hack for producing the correct reference:

@booklet{EasyChair:6009,
  author    = {Gautam Kishore Shahi and Tim A. Majchrzak},
  title     = {Exploring the Spread of COVID-19 Misinformation on Twitter},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 6009},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2021}}

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