#COVID-19 Misinformation: Saudi Arabia as a Use Case

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dc.contributor.authorAlasmari, Ashwag
dc.contributor.authorAddawood, Aseel
dc.contributor.authorNouh, Mariam
dc.contributor.authorFeldman, Philip
dc.contributor.authorAl-Wabil, Areej
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-09T23:10:07Z
dc.date.available2022-06-09T23:10:07Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-09
dc.description.abstractIn this research, we aim to gain deep insights into information behavior when discussing epidemics on Twitter. We are more specifically interested in identifying misinformation spread regarding epidemics around the world and in particular, in Saudi Arabia. We are also interested in understanding the effects of governmental laws as a way to prevent the spread of misinformation. Questions to be answered include: Which types of misinformation spread the most in pandemics? How does misinformation evolve over time? What is the effect of governmental laws in the spread of misinformation? We propose a mixed method study to determine if information-exchanging behaviors can be used to minimize the effects of emergent misinformation. To do this, Twitter data was collected for the period beginning in December 2019 to the present day of April 10, 2020 using several keywords related to the pandemic in Arabic. In addition to twitter data, we also created a short survey to collect rumors and fake news that spread in the community. To study the effect of governmental Saudi laws in the spread of misinformation, the misinformation laws were collected.
dc.description.urihttps://zenodo.org/record/3932081#.Yp5muqjMKUken_US
dc.format.extent17 pagesen_US
dc.genrepresentations (communicative events)en_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m26mg3-di0g
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3932081
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/24881
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.title#COVID-19 Misinformation: Saudi Arabia as a Use Caseen_US
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dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2486-5979en_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6164-6620en_US

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