The COVID-19 infodemic in Brazil: trends in Google search data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since the beginning of the new coronavirus pandemic, there has been much information about the disease and the virus has been in the spotlight, shared and commented upon on the Internet. However, much of this information is infodemics and can interfere with the advancement of the disease and that way that populations act. Thus, Brazil is a country that requires attention, as despite the fact that in almost two years of pandemic it has shown a devastating numbers of deaths and number of cases, and generates false, distorted and malicious news about the pandemic. This work intends to understand the attitudes of the Brazilian population using infodemic queries from the Google Trends search tool and social and income variables.

Methods

Data from infodemic research car

SUBMITTER: Harb MDP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9357377 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature