Non-pharmaceutical Interventions and the Infodemic on Twitter: Lessons Learned from Italy during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic changed expectations for information dissemination and use around the globe, challenging accepted models of communications, leadership, and social systems. We explore how social media discourse about COVID-19 in Italy was affected by the rapid spread of the virus, and how theme...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Medical Systems Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 1 - 13 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2021
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