Department of Psychiatry, Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Psychiatr Danub. 2022 Summer;34(2):374-376. doi: 10.24869/psyd.2022.374.
COVID-19 was accompanied with the increasing broadcast of fake news, misinformation and excessive information via social media platforms. This phenomenon has been termed "infodemic", to describe an overwhelming amount of mostly fake, false or inaccurate information which spreads rapidly and impacts negatively on achieving a solution. It would therefore be desirable to use a cautious approach which utilizes culturally sensitive and country specific measures to deal with this occurrence. We aim to raise awareness, likewise draw the attention of global scientific community on this topic of public and mental health concern and it calls for further comments on this issue.
新冠疫情伴随着社交媒体平台上假新闻、错误信息和过量信息的不断传播。这种现象被称为“信息疫情”，用来描述大量虚假、错误或不准确的信息迅速传播，并对解决问题产生负面影响。因此，最好采取谨慎的方法，利用文化敏感和国家特定的措施来应对这种情况。我们旨在提高人们的认识，同样提请全球科学界注意这一公共和精神健康问题，并呼吁就这一问题发表进一步的评论。
