Systematic Literature Review on the Spread of Health-related Misinformation on Social Media

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 240; p. 112552
• Main Authors: Wang, Yuxi, McKee, Martin, Torbica, Aleksandra, Stuckler, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2019; Pergamon Press Inc; The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd
• Subjects: Beliefs; Cancer; Citation analysis; Communication; Computer mediated communication; Content analysis; Deception; Electronic publishing; Fake news; False information; Fluoridation; Health; Health Literacy - standards; Health problems; Health services; Humans; Immunization; Interdisciplinary aspects; Interdisciplinary research; Internet; Literature reviews; Markets; Mass media; Mass media effects; Medicine; Misinformation; News; News media; Nutrition; Paradigms; Psychology; Review; Smoking; Social media; Social Media - standards; Social Media - trends; Social network analysis; Social networks; Sociodemographics; Susceptibility; Systematic review; Telecommunications; Zika virus; Misinformation; Health; Fake news; Social media

Contemporary commentators describe the current period as “an era of fake news” in which misinformation, generated intentionally or unintentionally, spreads rapidly. Although affecting all areas of life, it poses particular problems in the health arena, where it can delay or prevent effective care, i...