Naseem Ahmed|Tooba Shahbaz|A. Shamim|Kiran Shafiq Khan|Shahzad Hussain|Asad Usman
The COVID-19 Infodemic: A Quantitative Analysis Through Facebook
Dow University of Health Sciences|Dow University of Health Sciences|Dow University of Health Sciences|Dow University of Health Sciences|Dow University of Health Sciences|Dow University of Health Sciences
background social media crucial part daily life facebook biggest social media platform plays significant role spread information influencing global response covid19 pandemic health care agencies like world health organization centers disease control prevention cdc use social media platform impart information regarding covid19 simultaneously spread misinformation social media masking credible sources information research aims assess utility facebook providing misinformation testing factcheck policy methods online search conducted facebook newly created account eliminate bias facebook search bar used investigate multiple keywords data tabulated microsoft excel microsoft corporation redmond wa descriptive statistical analysis facebook accounts posts done using statistical package social sciences spss version 26 ibm corp armonk ny statistical importance set priority pvalue 005 results study consisted 454 facebook posts 225 posted verified accounts 239 informal individualgroup accounts tone 404 covid19 information serious common 439 topic medicalpublic health total 223 included misinformation 196 unverifiable 275 included correct information verifiable cdc conclusions misinformationunverifiable information related covid19 crisis spreading distressing rate social media quantified misinformation tested facebooks factcheck policy advise strict initiatives control infodemic advise future researches evaluate accuracy content circulated social media platforms