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2023-04-04
04 April
On April 4, 2023
In Press Releases
Tagged burden of infodemic, COVID-19, infodemic, infodemic management, infodemic metrics, infodemiology, technical consultation, World Health Organization

JMIR Infodemiology | The Burden of Infodemics: Fifth WHO Infodemic Management Conference

JMIR Publications published “Measuring the Burden of Infodemics: Summary of the Methods and Results of the Fifth WHO Infodemic Management Conference” in the journal JMIR Infodemiology, which reported that the COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by an unprecedented global infodemic that has led to confusion about the benefits of medical and public health interventions, with substantial impact on risk-taking and health-seeking behaviors, eroding trust in health authorities and compromising the effectiveness of public health responses and policies. In this paper, the authors summarize the Fifth World Health Organization (WHO) Infodemic Management Conference structure, proceedings, outcomes, and proposed actions seeking to identify the interdisciplinary approaches andRead More →

2023-03-07
07 March
On March 7, 2023
In Press Releases
Tagged chatbot, conversational agent, COVID-19, discourse, global health, health information, infodemiology, infoveillance, public health, public perception, sentiment analysis, topic modeling

The Journal of Medical Internet Research | Chatbot Conversations During COVID-19: Topic Modeling and Sentiment Analysis

JMIR Publications published “User-Chatbot Conversations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study Based on Topic Modeling and Sentiment Analysis” in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, which mentions that chatbots became a promising tool to support public health initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined the COVID-19 pandemic–related topics online users discussed with a commercially available chatbot and compared the sentiment expressed by users from five culturally different countries. From the analysis, the authors extracted 18 topics, which were categorized into five themes: Questions asked to the chatbot, Preventive behaviors, Outbreak of COVID-19, Physical and psychological impact of COVID-19, and People and life in theRead More →

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2022-07-29
29 July
On July 29, 2022
In Press Releases
Tagged ageism, attention, belief, bias, cognition, cognitive impairment, coronavirus 2019, COVID-19, dementia, impact, infodemiology, misinformation, risk, social media, stigma, Twitter

JMIR Aging | Using Twitter to Examine Stigma Against People With Dementia During COVID-19

JMIR Publications recently published “Using Twitter to Examine Stigma Against People With Dementia During COVID-19: Infodemiology Study” in JMIR Aging which reported that during the pandemic, there has been significant social media attention focused on the increased COVID-19 risks and impacts for people with dementia and their care partners. This study used Twitter data to understand stigma against people with dementia propagated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the JMIR Aging authors’ analysis, 4 main themes were identified: Ageism and devaluing the lives of people with dementia Misinformation and false beliefs about dementia and COVID-19 Dementia used as an insult for political ridicule, and ChallengingRead More →

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