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COVID-19 Bulletin: A Timely & Credible Communicative Tool to Address ‘Infodemic’

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Title COVID-19 Bulletin: A Timely & Credible Communicative Tool to Address ‘Infodemic’
 
Creator VARGHESE, MANOJ
 
Subject COVID-19 Bulletin
infodemic
Over-the-top
Science Communication
SARS-CoV-2
pandemic
CSIR-NISCAIR
 
Description 238-249
The coronavirus pandemic has affected the human population all over the
world. And also created a dearth of authentic information along with the
unprecedented global crisis related to livelihood and health management.
Scientific awareness about virus transmission, containment and
precautionary measures is very much needed. At the same time, authentic
and right kind of information is also essential because social media
platforms are overloaded with fake and unscientific information. This
‘infodemic’ or misinformation is creating panic among the people in
society and unscientific claims of medical remedies.
Social media can help combat or contribute to the spread of
misinformation. The COVID-19 bulletin of CSIR covers the latest
research reports; technological innovations, Questions and Answers,
Myths versus Facts, Dashboard and the weekly update on the
contributions of various CSIR laboratories in the fight against the
#CoronavirusPandemic.
The research aims to study the impact of disseminating
information to the scientific community in specific as well as the
general public through the publication of bulletin. The study
also highlights the relevance, credibility, timeliness and social
behaviour change brought about by this platform. The audience
has well appreciated the content and opined that the news items
should be backed up by some CSIR experts through their
viewpoint or a quote. The respondents felt that the audience data
bank should be widened. In the interest of the scientific community
and society in general, the COVID-19 information should be made
available in such a manner that it is easily accessible and readily
available.
 
Date 2022-01-19T09:06:33Z
2022-01-19T09:06:33Z
2021-07
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 2278-2796 (Online); 2278-2788 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/58923
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source JST Vol.09(3-4) [July-Dec 2021]