The Role of (Dis)information in Society During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Rola szerzenia dezinformacji wsrod spoleczenstwa w czasie pandemii COVID-19)

Zuzanna Czudy (), Milena Matuszczak (), Marta Donderska () and Józef Haczynski
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Zuzanna Czudy: Student’s Science Club of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Zielona Góra
Milena Matuszczak: Student’s Science Club of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Zielona Góra
Marta Donderska: Student’s Science Club of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Zielona Góra
Józef Haczynski: Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw

Problemy Zarzadzania, 2021, vol. 19, issue 92, 49-63

Abstract: Purpose: Demonstrating the harmfulness of disinformation and summarizing the COVID-19 false information to which recipients are most often exposed. Confrontation of the most popular myths about SARS-CoV-2 with the results of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM). Design/methodology/approach: A review of original papers and reviews of myths about COVID-19. Findings: The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the public with information overload related to SARSCoV- 2. Some of this information may be false and potentially harmful. The rapid spread of information reaching a wide audience is also a threat. Research limitations/implications: The subject of COVID-19 is still unknown and is under constant research, there are many new publications that we are not able to include and this publication needs to be updated. Originality/value: We have not found a similar publication on this topic. The article draws attention to the problem of misinformation, thus helping in the prevention of infections and misguided harmful behaviors.

Keywords: COVID-19; disinformation; infodemic; misinformation; SARS-CoV-2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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