[en] Health misinformation in social networks requires immediate attention due to its severe consequences, as exemplified by the COVID-19 pandemic response on social media. However, the existing solutions designed to combat misinformation generally overlook the unique characteristics of health misinformation domain. Through a review of relevant literature and a critical analysis of current anti-misinformation solutions, we have identified significant user-side issues that undermine the effectiveness of existing approaches in addressing health misinformation. To tackle these issues, we put forth several strategies to empower users in combating health misinformation. Our research contributes to understanding the challenges associated with health misinformation correction on social networks.
Disciplines :
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
TANG, Huiyun ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE)
KOENIG, Vincent ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)
SERGEEVA, Anastasia ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Towards User Empowerment: Bridging the Gap in Health Misinformation Protection on Social Networks
Publication date :
11 July 2023
Number of pages :
8
Event name :
Workshop "Designing for and Reflecting upon Resilience in Health and Wellbeing" at the ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS’23)
Event organizer :
ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS)
Event place :
Pittsburgh, United States
Event date :
from 10.07.2024 to 14.07.2024
Audience :
International
References of the abstract :
Huiyun Tang, Vincent Koenig, and Anastasia Sergeeva. 2023. Towards User Empowerment: Bridging the Gap
in Health Misinformation Protection on Social Networks. Position Paper at the Workshop "Designing for and
Reflecting upon Resilience in Health and Wellbeing" at the ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS’23),
July 11, 2023, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 8 pages. https://sites.psu.edu/dis2023workshophealthresilience
