The battleground of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on Facebook: Fact checkers vs. misinformation spreaders

The battleground of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on Facebook: Fact checkers vs. misinformation spreaders

Our study examines Facebook posts containing nine prominent COVID-19 vaccine misinformation topics that circulated on the platform between March 1, 2020, and March 1, 2021. We first identify misinformation spreaders and fact checkers, further dividing the latter group into those who repeat misinform...

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Main Authors: Aimei Yang, Jieun Shin, Alvin Zhou, Ke M. Huang-Isherwood, Eugene Lee, Chuqing Dong, Hye Min Kim, Yafei Zhang, Jingyi Sun, Yiqi Li, Yuanfeixue Nan, Lichen Zhen, Wenlin Liu
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Harvard Kennedy School 2021
Subjects:
covid-19
facebook
fact-checking
vaccines
Information technology
T58.5-58.64
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b2b35b84cada4a02bf2b3141024bb379
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