Research Guides: COVID-19 Research & Resources: Infodemic Management

Resources to Combat Misinformation & Disinformation

What is an Infodemic? (from WHO)
"An infodemic is too much information including false or misleading information in digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak."
Infodemic Management 101
A 5-module, self-paced course from WHO.
Infodemic Risk Index
From the Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, Italy. See also https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9888028/
MisInformation Review
An online journal from the Harvard Kennedy School
A Deadly Infodemic: Social Media and the Power of COVID-19 Misinformation.
Gisondi MA, Barber R, Faust JS, Raja A, Strehlow MC, Westafer LM, Gottlieb M. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Feb 1;24(2):e35552. doi: 10.2196/35552. PMID: 35007204; PMCID: PMC8812140.
What are the historical roots of the COVID-19 infodemic? Lessons from the past.
Tomes N, Parry MS. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2022. Health Evidence Network Synthesis Report, No. 77. PMID: 36302071.
WHO Infodemics Competency Framework
COVID-19 Misinformation Project
From the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management (Toronto, Canada). The project is funded by the Government of Canada via the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the World Health Organization (WHO).