Department of Health Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK.
Anthrologica, Oxfordshire, UK.
Glob Health Promot. 2022 Sep;29(3):140-144. doi: 10.1177/17579759211073174. Epub 2022 Mar 11.
Embedded within the COVID-19 pandemic is the spread of a new pandemic of information - some accurate, some not - that can challenge the public health response. This has been termed an 'infodemic' and infodemic management is now a major feature of the World Health Organization's work on health emergencies. This commentary highlights political, social, and economic aspects of infodemics and posits social science as critical to mitigating the current infodemic and preventing future ones. Infodemic managers should address the wider context of infodemics if we are to understand narratives, help to craft positive ones, and confront the root causes of misinformation rather than just the symptoms.
新冠疫情的爆发，伴随着新一波信息疫情的传播——有些信息准确，有些则不然——这可能对公共卫生应对措施构成挑战。这被称为“信息疫情”，信息疫情管理现在是世界卫生组织应对卫生紧急情况工作的一个主要特点。本评论强调了信息疫情的政治、社会和经济方面，并认为社会科学对于缓解当前的信息疫情和防止未来的信息疫情至关重要。如果我们要理解叙事、帮助构建积极的叙事并应对错误信息的根源，而不仅仅是症状，那么信息疫情管理者就应该解决信息疫情的更广泛背景。
