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Misinformation and Disinformation Outbreaks and Information Prevalence Studies (49) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1379) Theme Issue: Social Media, Ethics, and COVID-19 Misinformation (38) Social Media in Public Health informatics (40)

Published on in Vol 5 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/50021, first published .
Unraveling the Use of Disinformation Hashtags by Social Bots During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Networks Analysis

Unraveling the Use of Disinformation Hashtags by Social Bots During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Networks Analysis

Unraveling the Use of Disinformation Hashtags by Social Bots During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Networks Analysis

Authors of this article:

Victor Suarez-Lledo1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Esther Ortega-Martin1, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Jesus Carretero-Bravo1, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Begoña Ramos-Fiol1 Author Orcid Image ;   Javier Alvarez-Galvez1, 3 Author Orcid Image
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Victor Suarez-Lledo   1, 2 * , PhD ;   Esther Ortega-Martin   1, 3 * , MSc ;   Jesus Carretero-Bravo   1, 4 * , PhD ;   Begoña Ramos-Fiol   1 * , MSc ;   Javier Alvarez-Galvez   1, 3 * , PhD

1 Computational Social Science DataLab, University Institute of Research for Sustainable Social Development (INDESS), University of Cadiz, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

2 Department of Sociology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

3 Department of General Economy (Sociology Area), Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain

4 Department of Quantitative Methods, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Seville, Spain

*all authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Victor Suarez-Lledo, PhD
  • Computational Social Science DataLab
  • University Institute of Research for Sustainable Social Development (INDESS)
  • University of Cadiz
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  • Jerez de la Frontera, 11406
  • Spain
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  • Email: victor.sanz@uca.es