In the article "Health communication about COVID-19 and Diabetes Mellitus in social media: true and false”, DOI number: 10.1590/2177-9465-EAN-2021-0358, published by Escola Anna Nery 2022;26(spe):e20210358 in chart 1:
List of Fake News topics found on three information dissemination platforms. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, 2021
List of subjects in two information channels (Twitter and Ministry of Health - MS) classified as false by both the Ministry of Health and the scientific literature. Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2021.
In the article "Health communication about COVID-19 and Diabetes Mellitus in social media: true and false”, DOI number: 10.1590/2177-9465-EAN-2021-0358, published by Escola Anna Nery 2021;26(SpeCovid19):e20210358 in Conclusion:
CONCLUSION
From what was exposed in this article, it was observed that most of the posts were fake news; therefore, the impact of the social media on the dissemination of information, whether true or false, is perceived. In particular, in the pandemic context, excess of disinformation was found, given the disputes over knowledge and powers. This scenario causes significant damage to the communication of the competent bodies and scientific communities with the population, hindering access to information with scientific grounds and, consequently, generating a great loss in the conduction of the epidemiological scenario.
The main limitation of the current study is linked to the analysis of only three media, therefore being essential to carry out studies in other social media such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Another limitation was the time frame of less than one year in Twitter, which may have limited the types of news items broadcast and thus influenced the results obtained.
However, these results indicate the relevance of the theme and point to the need to resort to health communication as a powerful tool to be used by scientists and health professionals to give visibility to information with scientific evidence, in an accessible and understandable way to people via social media. In addition, the importance of health communication is finally highlighted in order to provide opportunities for the transposition of the “sciences” carried out in universities to the community.
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CONCLUSION
From what was exposed in this article, it was observed that most of the posts were fake news; therefore, the impact of the social media on the dissemination of information, whether true or false, is perceived. In particular, in the pandemic context, excess of disinformation was found, given the disputes over knowledge and powers. This scenario causes significant damage to the communication of the competent bodies and scientific communities with the population, hindering access to information with scientific grounds and, consequently, generating a great loss in the conduction of the epidemiological scenario.
The main limitation of the current study is linked to the analysis of only two media, therefore being essential to carry out studies in other social media such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Another limitation was the time frame of less than one year in Twitter, which may have limited the types of news items broadcast and thus influenced the results obtained. Furthermore, it is recognized that the search for scientific studies on the subject occurred in a period where a large number of publications and preliminary studies related to the theme of this study can be observed.
However, these results indicate the relevance of the theme and point to the need to resort to health communication as a powerful tool to be used by scientists and health professionals to give visibility to information with scientific evidence, in an accessible and understandable way to people via social media. In addition, the importance of health communication is finally highlighted in order to provide opportunities for the transposition of the “sciences” carried out in universities to the community.
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