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Assessing and Building eHealth / Digital Literacy in Populations (44) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1446) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1777) Demographics of Users, Social & Digital Divide (826) eHealth Literacy / Digital Literacy (451) Quality/Credibility of eHealth Information and Trust Issues (596) Mass Media/Social Media Communication and Campaigns (503) Social Media in Medical Education (80) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1085)

Published on in Vol 4 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/51127, first published .
Perceptions of Health Misinformation on Social Media: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Perceptions of Health Misinformation on Social Media: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Perceptions of Health Misinformation on Social Media: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Authors of this article:

Anna Gaysynsky1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Nicole Senft Everson1 Author Orcid Image ;   Kathryn Heley1 Author Orcid Image ;   Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou1 Author Orcid Image
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