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What is Infodemic

Chapter 2
Emerging Technologies for Health Literacy and Medical Practice
An excessive amount of information, often inaccurate or misleading, spreading rapidly and widely through communication channels, such as social media, creating challenges in distinguishing between reliable and unreliable information.
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Beyond Textbooks and Standard Practices: Advancing Mental Health Literacy With Digital Tools
Raquel Simões de Almeida (ESS, Polytechnic University of Porto, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2024 |Pages: 27
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-1214-8.ch002
Abstract
This chapter examines the concept of mental health literacy (MHL) and its pivotal role in promoting well-being and global health agendas. MHL, rooted in the recognition, understanding, and management of mental disorders, has emerged as a critical component in fostering individual and community resilience. The chapter delves into the transformative potential of digital tools in enhancing MHL through innovative education approaches, focusing on digital platforms, mobile apps, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and gamified learning to disseminate personalized mental health information efficiently, transcending barriers of time and stigma. The chapter comprehensively explores the state-of-the-art in digital mental health education and its integration not only into healthcare professionals training curricula but also in community populations. Through some examples and a real case study, the effectiveness of different digital interventions is highlighted, culminating in practical recommendations for seamlessly incorporating digital tools into mental health literacy initiatives.
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Social Media Campaign as a Tool for Patient Education of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Digital Health Campaign on Osteoporosis Knowledge
Excessive amount of information, usually untrustworthy. Tends to spread fast, hindering reliable solutions.
Published in Chapter: Social Media Campaign as a Tool for Patient Education of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Digital Health Campaign on Osteoporosis Knowledge; From: Advancing Health Education With Telemedicine
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Antecedents Driving the Intention to Share Unverified COVID-19 Information on Social Media
An influx of inaccurate or deceptive information on social media during a pandemic.
Published in Chapter: Antecedents Driving the Intention to Share Unverified COVID-19 Information on Social Media; From: Information Manipulation and Its Impact Across All Industries
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The Changing Role of Library and Information Professionals in the New Normal: Towards a New Trajectory
It is regarded as an excessive amount of information about a problem that is not reliable, spread rapidly and makes it difficult to achieve a solution.
Published in Chapter: The Changing Role of Library and Information Professionals in the New Normal: Towards a New Trajectory; From: Library and Media Roles in Information Hygiene and Managing Information
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COVID-19 Infodemic and Social Responsibility of Ukrainian Higher Education Institutions
A constant chaotic flow of controversial information, facts, remarks, positions and public opinions in a wide range of spheres based on untrusted and unchecked data.
Published in Chapter: COVID-19 Infodemic and Social Responsibility of Ukrainian Higher Education Institutions; From: Impact of Infodemic on Organizational Performance
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Testing Models of Data-Driven Reporting in Newspapers for Health Communication: Study Based on the COVID-19 Second Wave
It is referred to excessive information on an issue that is mostly unreliable, spreads rapidly, and makes it difficult to achieve a solution or to arrive at a conclusion.
Published in Chapter: Testing Models of Data-Driven Reporting in Newspapers for Health Communication: Study Based on the COVID-19 Second Wave; From: Mass Communications and the Influence of Information During Times of Crises
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Gulf Business Environment for the Arabic Family Firms: Evidence From Oman During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jointly, “information” and “epidemic” is usually referred to as infodemic. Technically speaking, this term is a hybrid of incorrect and correct information, coined in 2003 and frequently being related to the pandemic of this century, i.e., COVID-19.
Published in Chapter: Gulf Business Environment for the Arabic Family Firms: Evidence From Oman During the COVID-19 Pandemic; From: Impact of Infodemic on Organizational Performance
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Cry Wolf!: A Historical Chronicle of COVID-19 Through Spanish Cartoons
A term formed by 'information' and 'pandemic’. It refers to the large amount of mostly incorrect or inaccurate information which rapidly spreads during a crisis.
Published in Chapter: Cry Wolf!: A Historical Chronicle of COVID-19 Through Spanish Cartoons; From: Handbook of Research on Historical Pandemic Analysis and the Social Implications of COVID-19
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Health Communication Strategies: Crisis Management and Infodemic During COVID-19
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Cyberchondria, Coronavirus, and Cybercrime: A Perfect Storm
An infodemic is too much information, including false or misleading information, in digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak.
Published in Chapter: Cyberchondria, Coronavirus, and Cybercrime: A Perfect Storm; From: Handbook of Research on Cyberchondria, Health Literacy, and the Role of Media in Society’s Perception of Medical Information
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Evolving Roles of East West University Library During the COVID-19 Pandemic
An excessive amount of information about a problem that is typically unreliable, spreads rapidly and makes a solution more difficult to achieve.
Published in Chapter: Evolving Roles of East West University Library During the COVID-19 Pandemic; From: Handbook of Research on Knowledge and Organization Systems in Library and Information Science
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On Anti-Asian Hate as an Ego-Based and Social-Political Force in a Time of COVID-19: Mixed Roles of the U.S. Leaders and Social Web
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Health Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hungary
Exponential increase of the information volume within a short period of time in connection with a specific incident (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic). The credibility of information may be endangered by misinformation, rumors, and manipulation of information. The information may be disseminated very quickly through social networks.
Published in Chapter: Health Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hungary; From: Management and Marketing for Improved Competitiveness and Performance in the Healthcare Sector
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Libraries Creating Opportunities Before and During Crises: The Evolving Role of Libraries Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Around the World
An excessive amount of information concerning a problem such that the public finds it difficult to distinguish between evidence-based information and inaccurate misinformation ( Naeem & Bhatti, 2020 , p. 233).
Published in Chapter: Libraries Creating Opportunities Before and During Crises: The Evolving Role of Libraries Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Around the World; From: Handbook of Research on New Media, Training, and Skill Development for the Modern Workforce
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Flattening the Curve of Fake News in the Epoch of Infodemic: An Epistemic Challenge
A massive amount of widely and rapidly circulating information about a particular crisis or controversial issue, consisting of a confusing combination of fact, falsehood, rumor, and opinion.
Published in Chapter: Flattening the Curve of Fake News in the Epoch of Infodemic: An Epistemic Challenge; From: Deep Fakes, Fake News, and Misinformation in Online Teaching and Learning Technologies
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The Impact of Medical or Health-Related Internet Searches on Patient Compliance: The Dr. Net Study
an overabundance of information about a problem that is typically unreliable, spreads rapidly, includes deliberate attempts to disseminate misinformation and disinformation, makes a solution more difficult to achieve such as undermining a public health response.
Published in Chapter: The Impact of Medical or Health-Related Internet Searches on Patient Compliance: The Dr. Net Study; From: Handbook of Research on Cyberchondria, Health Literacy, and the Role of Media in Society’s Perception of Medical Information
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The Impact of Misinformation and Preferences of News Sources on Institutional Trust Perception in the COVID-19 Process
The term of infodemic is explained as the vast accumulation of knowledge that occurs during a pandemic, some of which are true and some of which are false, spread as quickly as the virus, and complicate the health organization.
Published in Chapter: The Impact of Misinformation and Preferences of News Sources on Institutional Trust Perception in the COVID-19 Process; From: Impact of Infodemic on Organizational Performance
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Information: Too Much or Too Soon?
The overabundance of information received from multiple unverified sources that make it difficult for people to recognize trusted and accurate information.
Published in Chapter: Information: Too Much or Too Soon?; From: Mass Communications and the Influence of Information During Times of Crises
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A Research on Perceptions of Health News of Individuals Who Lived in Istanbul in the COVID-19 Process
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Cyberchondria in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
A quick spread of large amounts of untrustworthy and possibly false information over media and internet on a certain topic.
Published in Chapter: Cyberchondria in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic; From: Handbook of Research on Cyberchondria, Health Literacy, and the Role of Media in Society’s Perception of Medical Information
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Health Literacy Against Misinformation and Infodemic Spreadin Social Media During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: The Lie Epidemic Caused by Misinformation
A concept typically consumed from a mixture of “information” and “epidemic”, which refers to the rapid and wide spread of both true and false information about a disease or epidemic.
Published in Chapter: Health Literacy Against Misinformation and Infodemic Spreadin Social Media During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: The Lie Epidemic Caused by Misinformation; From: Handbook of Research on Representing Health and Medicine in Modern Media
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The Negative Consequences of the Infodemic and Technological Support to Deal With Psychological Issues
Is a disseminating of an excessive amount of information about a certain problem, which makes its solution even more difficult. The concept of infodemia includes all manifestations of destabilization of the information ecosystem: fake news, misinformation, enemy speech, propaganda, and so on.
Published in Chapter: The Negative Consequences of the Infodemic and Technological Support to Deal With Psychological Issues; From: Impact of Infodemic on Organizational Performance
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Mental Health and Employee Performance: A COVID-19-Based View
Infodemic denotes a fast and far-reaching spread of equally correct and erroneous information about some phenomenon, such as a disease (COVID-19).
Published in Chapter: Mental Health and Employee Performance: A COVID-19-Based View; From: Impact of Infodemic on Organizational Performance
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