Combating online health misinformation : a professional's guide to helping the public / edited by Alla Keselman, Catherine Arnott Smith, and Amanda J. Wilson.

Other author Keselman, Alla, editor.
Other author Smith, Catherine Arnott, editor.
Other author Wilson, Amanda J., editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationLanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2022]
Copyright Date©2022
Description1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) : illustrations.
Supplemental ContentDirect link to eBook
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SeriesMedical library association books series
Medical Library Association books. ^A1252459
Contents Part I. The ecology of online health information. Defining health misinformation / Yuan Wang, Kathryn Thier, and Xiaoli Nan ; The ecology of online health information and COVID-19 misinformation / David R. Kaufman, Adiebonye E. Jumbo, and Tonya N. Taylor ; The health misinformation ecosystem on social media : emerging evidence and research gaps / Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou, Anna Gaysynsky, and Yuki Lama ; Flies in the ointment : vaccine hesitancy and bad medical advice during the Russian COVID-19 pandemic / Alexandra Arkhipova and Ian Brodie -- Part II. Susceptibility to misinformation ; literacies as safeguards. Let the reader and viewer beware : quality markers for health information / Catherine Arnott Smith ; Preventing health number confusion through clear communication design / Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher and Jessica S. Ancker ; The case of everyday science : science literacy and resilience against health misinformation / Alla Keselman ; An examination of the multiple dimensions of public trust in science as health misinformation roadblocks / Alla Keselman and Amanda J. Wilson ; Critical cultural literacy education as a bridge to improving health disparities in BIPOC communities / Jason Alston and Nicole A. Cooke Page -- Part III. Practice. When medical practice meets medical myth : confronting misinformation in the clinical encounter / Jamie L. Wood, Erin Eckert, Megan von Isenburg, Joseph Jackson, and Brian G. Southwell ; Teaching young people to think critically about health claims and choices / Sarah Rosenbaum, Allen Nsangi, and Daniel Semakula ; Medical professionals using social media to combat misinformation / Lisa Mordell, Eve Bloomgarden, Shikha Jain, and Vineet Arora ; Participation, empowerment, and equity : addressing eHealth misinformation with community engagement in libraries / Amanda J. Wilson and Laura Bartlett ; Addressing health misinformation in the infodemic era : the Alaska public health information response team / Jennifer Meyer, Joy Chavez Mapaye, Alexandra Edwards, Thomas Hennessy, Tim Hinterberger, and Mary Ryan.
Abstract "The book, written from the e-Health literacy perspective, is unique in its nuanced approach to misinformation. It draws on psychology and information science to explain human susceptibility to misinformation and discusses ways to engage with the public deeply and meaningfully, fostering trust and raising health and information literacy"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from electronic title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed August 4, 2023).
Issued in other formPrint version: Combating online health misinformation Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2022] 9781538162194
LCCN 2022014979
ISBN1538162210
ISBN9781538162217 (electronic bk.)
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