TY - JOUR
AU - Ahmed, Wasim
AU - Vidal-Alaball, Josep
AU - Downing, Joseph
AU - López Seguí, Francesc
PY - 2020
DA - May
TI - COVID-19 and the 5G Conspiracy Theory: Social Network Analysis of Twitter Data
JO - Journal of Medical Internet Research
VL - 22
IS - 5
DO - https://doi.org/10.2196/19458
AB - Background: Since the beginning of December 2019 COVID-19 has spread rapidly around the world which has led to increased discussions across online platforms. These conversations have also included various conspiracies shared by social media users. Amongst them a popular theory has linked 5G to the spread of COVID-19 leading to misinformation and the burning of 5G towers in the United Kingdom. The understanding of the drivers of fake news and quick policies oriented to isolate and rebate misinformation are key to combating it.
PB - JMIR Publications
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1893/33418
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ER