Mpox 1b: Upstanders for Science in Western and Chinese Social Media

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientific literature published research about the presence of hoaxes and evidence in diverse social media, with a huge scientific and social impact. The main results showed that while in Western social media like X there was more false information and less...

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Autores: Álvarez Guerrero, Garazi, Guo, Mengna, Bordanoba-Gallego, Lidia, Torras-Gómez, Elisabeth, López de Aguileta Jaussi, Garazi, Joanpere Foraster, Mar, Pulido, Cristina, López de Aguileta Jaussi, Ane, Racionero, Sandra, Puigvert, Lídia, Soler Gallart, Marta, Flecha, Ramón
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/220228
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/220228
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Zoonosi
Xina
Difusió
Verola
Xarxes socials
Zoonoses
China
Diffusion
Smallpox
Social networks
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Sumario:At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientific literature published research about the presence of hoaxes and evidence in diverse social media, with a huge scientific and social impact. The main results showed that while in Western social media like X there was more false information and less scientific evidence than in the Chinese platform Weibo, but scientific evidence was more retweeted than hoaxes. This research allowed the identification of social activists for science in the social media, who multiplied their impact when scientists provided them with evidence (...)