Addressing COVID Myths and Misinformation

Posted August 7, 2020

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: Mythbusters
World Health Organization
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters


Myths & Misinformation – COVID-19 (2019 Novel Coronavirus) Information Guide
University of Toronto Libraries
https://guides.library.utoronto.ca/c.php?g=715025&p=5097957


Psychological, Political, and Situational Factors Combine to Boost COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory Beliefs.
Miller, J. M. (2020). Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, 1-8.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S000842392000058X


COVID19MisInfo.org Portal
Social Media Lab at Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, 2020
https://covid19misinfo.org/


Anti-masking groups draw from anti-vaccination playbook to spread misinformation
Nicole Ireland, CBC News, July 27 2020
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/anti-masking-group-tied-to-anti-vaccination-covid-19-1.5661790


Inoculating against an Infodemic: A Canada-Wide COVID-19 News, Social Media, and Misinformation Survey
Social Media Lab at Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, 2020
https://socialmedialab.ca/2020/05/14/new-survey-report-inoculating-against-an-infodemic-a-canada-wide-covid-19-news-social-media-and-misinformation-survey/