Healthcare professionals’ acts of correcting health misinformation on social media
160 Citations•2021•
John Robert Bautista, Yan Zhang, Jacek Gwizdka
A two-phased conceptual model is presented that shows healthcare professionals' acts of correcting health misinformation on social media (e.g., Twitter and Facebook) and can guide health authorities when developing campaigns against health misinformation.
Abstract
The study proposed a conceptual model that shows how healthcare professionals correct health misinformation on social media. The findings can guide healthcare professionals when identifying and correcting health misinformation on and off social media, and can guide health authorities when developing campaigns against health misinformation.