See Something, Say Something: Correction of Global Health Misinformation on Social Media

Health Communication

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1131-1140

  Bode, Leticia ^a   Vraga, Emily K ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; ZIKA VIRUS; ALGORITHM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; ZIKA FEVER;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85020489981     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2017.1331312     Document Type: Article

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