Thematic Issue on Infodemic – Call for Papers

Qualitative Research in Medicine and Healthcare invites original manuscripts, reviews case reports, and pedagogical activities focused on Infodemics. According to the World Health Organization, “an Infodemic is too much information including false or misleading information in digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak.”

The SARS-COVID 19 pandemic has illustrated why quality information about disease and disease prevention is essential, and has raised critical questions about trust in science and medicine, as well as health literacy and the power of social media to both enable and constrain efforts to minimize the spread of contagious diseases.

The co-editors for this special issue seek papers that focus on how practitioners and scholars are helping the public manage during an Infodemic (or Disinfodemic) using qualitative methods. Papers can include research studies, first-person accounts, and pedagogical activities that describe strategies for responding to an infodemic.

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