Letter to the Editor: Social Media is a Double-Edged Sword in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ahmed, Sakir

doi:10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e270

Cited by 10 publications

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“…• During COVID-19, social media is proving to be a double-edged sword. 17 Social media accounts should be moderated by skilled professionals capable to filter out misinformation. 17 …”

Section: Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19 Vaccination and the Challenge of Infodemic and Disinformation

Farooq

Rathore²

2021

J Korean Med Sci

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“…• During COVID-19, social media is proving to be a double-edged sword. 17 Social media accounts should be moderated by skilled professionals capable to filter out misinformation. 17 …”

Section: Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19 Vaccination and the Challenge of Infodemic and Disinformation

Farooq

Rathore²

2021

J Korean Med Sci

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“…Extrapolated to medical literature, this may be one of the solutions to the ethical concerns regarding social media and its lack of credible information. However, social media is a double-edged sword, and it is vital to educate professionals regarding ethical use to deliver credible scientific information and perspectives without engaging in misinformation, data ownership violation, breach of personal privacy, incivility, cyber bullying, and professional misconduct [29]. This is essential as the work of promoting articles on SMPs is a trinomial; an amalgamation of technological challenges with ethics in science and dealing with widely varying cultural diversity [30].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Post-publication promotion in rheumatology: a survey focusing on social media

Haldule

Davalbhakta

Agarwal³

et al. 2020

Rheumatol Int

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The use of social media platforms (SMPs) in the field of scientific literature is a new and evolving realm. The past few years have seen many novel strategies to promote engagement of readers with articles. The aim of this study was to gauge the acceptance, opinion, and willingness to partake in the creation of online social media educative material among authors. We conducted a validated and anonymized cross-sectional e-survey with purposive sampling among authors of the Indian Journal of Rheumatology journal over a cloud-based platform (SurveyMonkey). Descriptive statistics are used and values expressed as the number of respondents (n) against each answer. Of 408 authors, 102 responded. We found that a large majority (74) supported promotions on SMPs. Visual abstracts (81) were the most preferred means for promotion. A reasonable proportion (54) of the authors held the view that they could make these materials for themselves, with little guidance. However, currently only a few (47) were doing so. Awareness on social media editors in rheumatology was dismal (4). Citations were the preferred metric of article visibility (95), followed by altmetrics (21). These findings suggest that authors support article promotions on SMPs, although most do not promote their articles. Graphical abstracts are the preferred means of promotions. Further, the opinion on logistics is divided, calling for larger studies to understand the factors that need to be addressed to bridge the gap.

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“…Misinformation is also the result of the unexpected race to publish in medical journals, with poorly validated primary data and plagiarism (Ahmed, 2020). As an example is the evidence documenting SARS-CoV-2 myocarditis as a cause of cardiac dysfunction (Basso et al, 2020) leading to dramatic warnings in social media, suggesting a devastating impact on the myocardium.…”

Section: Our Enemymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…But with this bright side also comes the dark side of social media. This pandemic started an unexpected race to publish in medical journals, increasing plagiarism and poorly validated primary data (Ahmed, 2020). Most journals embarked on fast-track processing of COVID-19 submissions to prioritize and avoid delays in dissemination of potentially valuable scientific knowledge, sharing them as preprints, increasing and actively attracting social media mentions and citations by scientific community and public.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%