Lecture note for Public health intelligence and epidemiology: informing policy and strategy

Misinformation &
Public Health
In the era of social media, fake news, and pandemics




By Dr. Santosh Vijaykumar
Assistant Professor, Northumbria University

, ◦ The unprecedented spread of social media in
the 21st century
The relevance
of
◦ An overload of health information in online
misinformation platforms
in modern
society ◦ The intersection of health and politics in the
context of political polarization

, ◦ A brief history of misinformation

◦ Misinformation in the age of COVID-19

◦ Debates around the definitions of misinformation

Scope of this ◦ Theories of misinformation and psychology: Pre-social
media
lecture ◦ Theories of misinformation and psychology: Post-social
media

◦ Key learnings

, ◦ A brief history of misinformation
◦ Misinformation in the age of COVID-19

◦ Debates around the definitions of misinformation


Section 1 ◦ Theories of misinformation and psychology: Pre-social
media

◦ Theories of misinformation and psychology: Post-social
media

◦ Key learnings