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Quantifying Public Engagement With Science and Malinformation on COVID-19 Vaccines: Cross-Sectional Study

Quantifying Public Engagement With Science and Malinformation on COVID-19 Vaccines: Cross-Sectional Study

Malinformation is more difficult to inoculate against because it is more difficult to predict how legitimate stories, studies, and information will be weaponized as malinformation than it is to delineate the general characteristics of misinformation and disinformation, particularly when based on conspiratorial thinking.

David Robert Grimes, David H Gorski

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e64679

Defining Misinformation and Related Terms in Health-Related Literature: Scoping Review

Defining Misinformation and Related Terms in Health-Related Literature: Scoping Review

However, researchers use a growing vocabulary to describe this phenomenon, which includes disinformation, infodemic, malinformation, inaccurate information, misleading information, and conspiracy theories. Inconsistent definitions have also proliferated, which may negatively affect scientific communication and research conceptualization [22]. The objective of this study is to assess definitions of misinformation and related terms used in health research.

Ibrahim K El Mikati, Reem Hoteit, Tarek Harb, Ola El Zein, Thomas Piggott, Jad Melki, Reem A Mustafa, Elie A Akl

J Med Internet Res 2023;25:e45731